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掉 vs 落

/ diào vs luò/lào /
Strokes

Formula

1
落款 (sign one's name)
2
落账 (make an entry in an account booko)
3
落笔 (put pen to paper)

Definition

掉 and 落 both are Verb, which means [fall; drop].

Example

掉 and 落 both mean "to fall", but 掉 is morecosloual more colloquial.
1
Wèile
为了
zhè
jiàn
shāngxīn
伤心
de
shì
  
,
diào
  
(
luò
  
)
lèi
le
  

She wept at the sad affair.

2
Yīnwèi
因为
fēnglàng
风浪
  
,
xiǎochuán
小船
shàng
de
xiāngzi
箱子
diào
  
(
luò
  
)
zài
shuǐ
le
  

The box in the boat fell into water because of the strong wind and wave.

3
Shútòu
熟透
de
cǎoguǒ
草果
diào
  
(
luò
  
)
dào
shang
地上
le
  

The ripen apples fell to the ground.

落 can be applied to natural phenomena (e.g. snow, frost, rain, dust, etc.); while 掉 cannot be used in such a way, but in spoken language, 掠雨点儿 can be used.
4
guòhòu
过后
  
,
miàn
地面
shàng
luò
le
cùn
shēn
de
xuě
  

After a right, the snow on the ground was a few cun deep.

5
Cǎo
草地
shàng
luò
le
céng
shuāng
  

The grassland is coated with frost.

6
Wàimiàn
外面
luò
le
  

It rained.

7
méi
xià
lai
起来
  
,
zhī
luò
  
(
diào
  
)
le
ge
diǎnr  
雨点儿
  

It did not rain heavily , but just a bit rainfall.

8
zi
屋子
chángjiǔ
长久
méi
rén
zhù
  
,
zhuōshàng
桌上
  
chuáng
shàng
luò
le
céng
chén
尘土
  

The table and bed in the room are coered with dust for there is nobody living it.

落 often means "a voluntary, safe landing (of a person or an aireraf,ete)", whereas 掉 often means "to fall or drop involuntarily".
9
Jiàshǐyuán
驾驶员
línwēi
临危
luàn
  
,
fēi
飞机
zhōng
终于
ānquán
安全
luò
落地
  

The pilot was very calm when facing the danger and he made the plane land safely at last.

10
Chuāngqián
窗前
luò
xià
zhī
xiǎoniǎo
小鸟
zài
zhuóshí
啄食
  

There are a few birds coming to look for food in front of the window.

11
háizi
孩子
xiǎoxīn
小心
cóng
zi
椅子
shàng
diào
xià
下去
le
  

The child fell off the chair carelessly.

落 is used to make something to fall; and 掉 is ofen used to be made to fall.
12
luòxià
落下
  
,
lóngzhòng
隆重
de
yǎnchū
演出
jiéshù
结束
le
  

The curtain fell and the solemn performance was over.

13
Qǐng
zhēyángsǎn
遮阳伞
luò
xiàlai
下来
  

Please close the parasol.

14
Zhuō
桌布
zěnme
怎么
diào
zài
shang
地上
le
  
?

How did the tablecloh fall to the ground?

掉 is used to express lose, omit or leave out; while 落 cannot.
15
xiǎoxīn
小心
diào
le
qiánbāo
钱包
  

She lost her purse carelessly.

16
Zhè
piān
wénzhāng
文章
diào
tài
duō
le
  

There are a lot of unnecsaerly-omitted words in the aricle.

掉 or 落 (lào) is used to indicate drop in prices, weight, etc.
17
Zuìjìn
最近
zhèxiē
这些
shāngpǐn
商品
diào
  
(
lào
  
)
jià
le
  

The price of the goods has been dropping recently.

18
Zhèzhǒng
这种
piào
股票
zhǎng
le
zhènzi
一阵子
yòu
diào
  
(
lào
  
)
xiàlai
下来
  

The price of the stocks dropped again after its rising.

19
Jiǎnféi
减肥
jiǎn
le
bàn
ge
yuè
  
,
diào
  
(
lào
  
)
le
jīn
ròu
  

He lost some weight after half a month's weight-losing.

Either 掉 or 落 can mean "to be left behind". Yet 落榜 (to fail an examination) and 落选 (to fail to be chosen) are set phrases, and only 落 can be used.
20
men
你们
liǎ
kuài
zǒu
ā
  
,
biè
diào
  
(
luò
  
)
zài
hòubian
后边
  
!

Hurry up, you two. Don't lag behind.

21
luòbǎng
落榜
le
  
,
xīnqíng
心情
hěn
nánguò
难过
  

He failed in the examination, and went home in low spirits.

22
zhè
这次
luòxuǎn
落选
  
,
shì
yóu
由于
xuǎnmín
选民
xìnrèn
信任
le
  

That he failed in the election is because the voters did not trust him any more.

落款 (sign one's name), 落账 (make an entry in an account booko), 落笔 (put pen to paper) all mean "to write down".
落款 (sign one's name) 落账 (make an entry in an account booko) 落笔 (put pen to paper)
23
Zhè
huà
de
luòkuǎn
落款
shì
báishí
齐白石
  
,
zhī
不知
shìshì
是不是
zhēn
de
  

I wonder whether the painting signed by Qi Baishi is real or fake.

24
zhīchū
支出
zěnme
怎么
luòzhàng
落账
  
?

How to enter the expenditure in the account?

25
Yóu
由于
rèn
责任
zhòng
重大
  
,
qiān
签字
shí
  
,
chíchí
迟迟
gǎn
luò
落笔
  

He hesitated to sign because it was of importance.

落 is used to mean "come to the end with".
26
Jīngguò
经过
pān
jìngzhēng
竞争
  
,
jiǎngzhuàng
奖状
zhōng
终于
luò
zài
de
shǒu
手里
  

After some competition, he won the award certificate at last.

27
Zhège
这个
zhòngrèn
重任
luò
dào
jiānshàng
肩上
le
  
,
努力
gàn
  
!

You are assigned to shoulder the responsibility, please work hard.

28
Zhànzhēng
战争
shí
时期
  
,
zhè
wèi
zhànshì
战士
de
shǒu
手臂
luòxià
落下
cán
残疾
  

In the wartime, the soldier hurt his arm and became disabled since then.

29
ge
那个
赌徒
luòxià
落下
le
zhèzhǒng
这种
xiàchǎng
下场
  
,
shì
zhǎo
自找
de
  

Nobody has sympathy for gambler's terrible end. He deserves it.

掉 is used to mean "to turn, to swap".
30
shēn
身子
diào
le
guò
过去
  
,
zhuāngzuò
装作
rènshi
认识
  

She turned back, and pretended she did not know him.

31
Chēzi
车子
diào
le
fāngxiàng
方向
  
,
xiàng
nán
kāi
  

The car turned and drove south.

32
men
你们
liǎng
diào
xià
wèizhi
位置
  
!

Would you two swap round please!

掉 as a complement, is used to mean "the completion of some action of disposal, such as 消灭 (eliminate), 烧 (burn), 改 (change)".
33
Zhèzhǒng
这种
huài
guàn
习惯
dìng
一定
yào
gǎidiào
改掉
  
!

The bad habit must be broken.

34
de
yān
zěnme
怎么
hái
méiyǒu
没有
jièdiào
戒掉
  
?

Why not give up smoking?

35
Zhèxiē
这些
dōng
东西
néng
yòng
le
  
,
chǔ
处理
diào
  
!

These are useless, and throw them away, please.

36
shāodiào
烧掉
le
xiē
那些
jiù
xìn
  

He burned those old letters.