掉 (diu6 deu6 zaau6 | diao4) : drop down; lose; turn

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掉

diu6 deu6 zaau6

diao4

[粵] diu6 deu6 [普] diao4
[1] drop/fall down; lag behind
[2] lose; be missing
[3] turn; reverse
[4] decrease; decline
[5] off; away (used to indicate removal and departure)
[6] change; exchange, swap
[7] swing; wag; shake

[粵] zaau6
variant for 櫂

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

掉

This word has been viewed 11813 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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丟掉 diu1 diu6 diu1 diao4 = to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away

掉下 diu6 haa6 diao4 xia4 = to drop down; to fall

失掉 sat1 diu6 shi1 diao4 = to lose; to miss (an opportunity, a chance)

掉垃圾 diu6 laap6 saap3; deu6 laap6 saap3 diao4 le4 se4 (Taiwan), diao4 la1 ji1 (PRC) = to throw rubbish; to dispose of garbage; to trash

掉頭 diu6 tau4 diao4 tou2 = U-turn

掉落 diu6 lok6 diao4 luo4 = to flop down

去掉 heoi3 deu6 = take out

不准掉頭 bat1 zeon2 diu6 tau4 = no U-turns allowed

掉轉頭 diu6 zyun3 tau4 diao4 zhuan4 tou2 = upside down; to turn upside down 粵

擦掉 caat3 diu6 ca1 diao4 = to clean, mop, rub, wipe
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 2 examples containing 掉

食完香蕉之後，要掉咗塊蕉皮粵
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
[Lit. eat-finish banana afterwards, need throw-[particle used in imperatives] [counter] banana-skin. Classifier 塊 is optional if the object (蕉皮) consists of two characters. But 塊 would be mandatory if followed by single character 皮. ]

你要掉咗啲垃圾, 間辦公室好亂粵
Can you bin the junk that's lying around? The office is a mess.
[Lit. you need throw-away [particle used in imperatives] [plural particle] rubbish, [counter] office very messy Other words you could use instead of 好亂: 好亂龍, 亂晒, 亂晒龍, or 亂晒大龍]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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