Meaning
to drop; to fall
Chinese: 落下、下降。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “diao” becomes a different word in each tone. 掉 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 去掉qù diàoto get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove
- 丢掉diū diàoto lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- 忘掉wàng diàoto forget
- 关掉guān diàoto switch off; to shut off
- 掉头diào tóuto turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
Example Sentence
树上的苹果掉到了地上。Shù shàng de píng guǒ diào dào le dì shàng.The apple on the tree fell to the ground.
树Shùtree上shàngon的deof苹果píng guǒApple (American tech compa掉diàoto fall到了dào leat last地上dì shàngon the ground。