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掉

diào

turn, move; shake, wag; drop down

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Example sentences

  • 我们掉头吧!

    Wǒ men diào tóu ba

    Let's turn back.

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  • 把她干掉了。

    Bǎ tā gàn diào le

    Get rid of her.

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  • 把它关掉。

    Bǎ tā guān diào

    Turn it off.

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  • 把它吃掉。

    Bǎ tā chī diào

    Eat it.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 掉

  • 掉diào 4to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
  • 去掉qù diào 4–4 to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract
  • 丢掉diū diào 1–4 to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
  • 忘掉wàng diào 4–4 to forget
  • 关掉guān diào 1–4 to switch off; to shut off
  • 掉头diào tóu 4–2 to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
  • 掉队diào duì 4–4 to fall behind; to drop out