Chinese Word Detail

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

掉垃圾

diu6 laap6 saap3; deu6 laap6 saap3

diao4 le4 se4 (Taiwan), diao4 la1 ji1 (PRC)

(Cantonese) to throw rubbish; to dispose of garbage; to trash | Syn.: 丟垃圾; 拋垃圾

(Mandarin) to drop trash (on the ground)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 930

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

掉垃圾

This word was added by tym on 23rd Aug 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Learn Chinese
Learn Spanish | Best Dish Network promotion | Teaching in China

掉 diu6 deu6 zaau6 diao4 - drop down; lose; turn
垃 laap6 la1 la5 - garbage; refuse; waste
圾 saap3 kap1 ji2 jie2 ji1 - garbage; rubbish; refuse; waste

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/9655/]掉垃圾[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/9655/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">掉垃圾</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 掉垃圾

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).

the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread