HSK 4 HSK C2/W2/V2
Correct

/ diào /
Strokes

Definition

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)

Example

As a Verb

fall; drop; shed; come off

1
huài
diào
le
  

That bad tooth of mine came/fell out.

2
chènshān
衬衫
shàng
de
niǔkòu
纽扣
diào
le
  

One of the buttons on my shirt has come off.

3
Diào
jìn
hǎi
海里

fall into the sea

4
Diào
yǎnlèi
眼泪

shed tears

5
Diàotóu
掉头发

lose hair

As a Verb

lose; be missing

6
Wénzhāng
文章
diào
le
ge
  

Some words are missing from the article.

7
diào
shénme
什么
dōng
东西
le
méiyǒu
没有
  
?

Have you lost anything?

As a Verb

fall/lag behind

8
Yóu
由于
láo
疲劳
  
,
xiē
一些
shìbīng
士兵
diàoduì
掉队
le
  

Fatigued, some of the soldiers fell behind.

As a Verb

turn

9
diào
guò
liǎn
àn
暗自
liúlèi
流泪
  

She turned her head away and shed tears secretly.

10
Qǐng
zhuōzi
桌子
diào
guòlái
过来
  

Please turn the desk round.

As a Verb

drop; decrease; decline; degrade

As a Verb

[ diào ]

11
xiǎng
cānjūn
参军
  
,
shì
可是
yóu
由于
jiǎn
体检
合格
bèi
shuā
diào
le
  

He wished to join the army, but was rejected as medically unfit.

12
Hóngshuǐ
洪水
chōng
diào
le
zhěng
整个
cūnzhuāng
村庄
  

The flood washed away a whole village.

13
Rēngdiào
扔掉

throw away

14
diào
擦掉

wipe off

15
Pǎodiào
跑掉

run away; flee; take flight

16
Fēi
diào

fly away

As a Verb

change; exchange; swap

As a Verb

show off

As a Verb

swing; wag