Chinese words starting with “diao”
16 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable diao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final iao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 4th tone 11
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 调查diào cháHSK 3
investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll
All 16 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 掉 | diào | v | to 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) | |
| 2 | 调 | diào | v,n | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 3 | 吊 | diào | v,q | a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with; variant of 吊 | |
| 4 | 钓 | diào | v | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 5 | 调动 | diào dòng | v | to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play | |
| 6 | 雕塑 | diāo sù | n | a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve | |
| 7 | 钓鱼 | diào yú | v,vn | to fish (with line and hook); to dupe | |
| 8 | 叼 | diāo | v | to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) | |
| 9 | 雕 | diāo | g,v | to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey | |
| 10 | 掉头 | diào tóu | v | to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about | |
| 11 | 调度 | diào dù | vn,v,n | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler | |
| 12 | 调研 | diào yán | vn,v | to investigate and research; research; investigation | |
| 13 | 雕刻 | diāo kè | n,v,vn | to carve; to engrave; carving | |
| 14 | 吊销 | diào xiāo | v | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke | |
| 15 | 刁难 | diāo nàn | v,vn | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diāo nán] | |
| 16 | 掉队 | diào duì | v | to fall behind; to drop out |
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