pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
掉 
掉 
diao4 
 
 
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, fu 
 
 
strokes 
11 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
8 
 
拔掉 
拔掉 
ba2 diao4 
 
 
to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug 
 
被优化掉 
被優化掉 
bei4 you1 hua4 diao4 
 
 
lit. to be optimized away; to be fired; to be the victim of downsizing 
 
剥掉 
剝掉 
bo1 diao4 
 
 
to peel off; to strip off 
 
擦掉 
擦掉 
ca1 diao4 
 
 
to wipe 
 
撤掉 
撤掉 
che4 diao4 
 
 
to cut; to throw out; to depose (from office); to tear off 
 
吃掉 
吃掉 
chi1 diao4 
 
 
to eat up; to consume 
 
冲掉 
沖掉 
chong1 diao4 
 
 
to wash out; to leach 
 
除掉 
除掉 
chu2 diao4 
 
 
to eliminate 
 
辞掉 
辭掉 
ci2 diao4 
 
 
to resign a post; to sack and get rid of 
 
打掉 
打掉 
da3 diao4 
 
 
to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus) 
 
当掉 
當掉 
dang4 diao4 
 
 
to fail (a student); to pawn; (of a computer or program) to crash; to stop working 
 
掉包 
掉包 
diao4 bao1 
 
 
to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item; to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off 
 
掉膘 
掉膘 
diao4 biao1 
 
 
to lose weight (of cattle) 
 
掉秤 
掉秤 
diao4 cheng4 
 
 
to lose weight (of cattle) 
 
掉点儿 
掉點兒 
diao4 dian3 er5 
 
 
drip of rain 
 
掉队 
掉隊 
diao4 dui4 
 
 
to fall behind; to drop out 
 
掉粉 
掉粉 
diao4 fen3 
 
 
to lose fans 
 
掉过 
掉過 
diao4 guo4 
 
 
to swap places 
 
掉过儿 
掉過兒 
diao4 guo4 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 掉過|掉过 
 
掉换 
掉換 
diao4 huan4 
 
 
to swap; to replace; to exchange; to change 
 
掉价 
掉價 
diao4 jia4 
 
 
drop in price; devalued; to have one's status lowered 
 
掉价儿 
掉價兒 
diao4 jia4 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 掉價|掉价 
 
掉举 
掉擧 
diao4 ju3 
 
 
restlessness (Buddhism) 
 
掉泪 
掉淚 
diao4 lei4 
 
 
to shed tears 
 
掉链子 
掉鏈子 
diao4 lian4 zi5 
 
 
to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up 
 
掉落 
掉落 
diao4 luo4 
 
 
to fall down 
 
掉期 
掉期 
diao4 qi1 
 
 
swap (finance) 
 
掉漆 
掉漆 
diao4 qi1 
 
 
to peel off (paint); (fig.) to be exposed; to lose face (Tw) 
 
掉球 
掉球 
diao4 qiu2 
 
 
drop shot (in volleyball, tennis etc) 
 
掉色 
掉色 
diao4 se4 
 
 
to lose color; to fade; also pr.  
 
掉书袋 
掉書袋 
diao4 shu1 dai4 
 
 
lit. to drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned; to quote classical texts as a parade of erudition 
 
掉头 
掉頭 
diao4 tou2 
 
 
to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about 
 
掉头就走 
掉頭就走 
diao4 tou2 jiu4 zou3 
 
 
to turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly 
 
掉下 
掉下 
diao4 xia4 
 
 
to drop down; to fall 
 
掉线 
掉線 
diao4 xian4 
 
 
to get disconnected (from the Internet) 
 
掉向 
掉向 
diao4 xiang4 
 
 
to turn; to adjust one's direction; to lose one's bearings 
 
掉以轻心 
掉以輕心 
diao4 yi3 qing1 xin1 
 
 
treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard 
 
掉转 
掉轉 
diao4 zhuan3 
 
 
to turn around 
 
丢掉 
丟掉 
diu1 diao4 
 
 
to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away 
 
废掉 
廢掉 
fei4 diao4 
 
 
to depose (a king) 
 
分掉 
分掉 
fen1 diao4 
 
 
to share; to divide up 
 
改掉 
改掉 
gai3 diao4 
 
 
to drop a bad habit 
 
干掉 
幹掉 
gan4 diao4 
 
 
to get rid of 
 
刮掉 
刮掉 
gua1 diao4 
 
 
to scrape off; to shave off (whiskers etc); (of the wind) to blow sth away 
 
关掉 
關掉 
guan1 diao4 
 
 
to switch off; to shut off 
 
喝掉 
喝掉 
he1 diao4 
 
 
to drink up; to finish (a drink) 
 
花掉 
花掉 
hua1 diao4 
 
 
to spend (time, money); to waste 
 
划掉 
劃掉 
hua4 diao4 
 
 
to cross out; to cross off 
 
坏掉 
壞掉 
huai4 diao4 
 
 
spoilt; ruined 
 
毁掉 
毀掉 
hui3 diao4 
 
 
to destroy 
 
剪掉 
剪掉 
jian3 diao4 
 
 
to cut off; to cut away; to trim 
 
减掉 
減掉 
jian3 diao4 
 
 
to subtract; to lose (weight) 
 
老掉牙 
老掉牙 
lao3 diao4 ya2 
 
 
very old; obsolete; out of date 
 
漏掉 
漏掉 
lou4 diao4 
 
 
to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away 
 
乱掉 
亂掉 
luan4 diao4 
 
 
to throw away; to discard 
 
卖掉 
賣掉 
mai4 diao4 
 
 
to sell off; to get rid of in a sale 
 
免掉 
免掉 
mian3 diao4 
 
 
to eliminate; to scrap 
 
灭掉 
滅掉 
mie4 diao4 
 
 
to eliminate 
 
跑掉 
跑掉 
pao3 diao4 
 
 
to run away; to take to one's heels 
 
撇掉 
撇掉 
pie1 diao4 
 
 
to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid 
 
泼掉 
潑掉 
po1 diao4 
 
 
spill 
 
去掉 
去掉 
qu4 diao4 
 
 
to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract 
 
扔掉 
扔掉 
reng1 diao4 
 
 
to throw away; to throw out 
 
杀掉 
殺掉 
sha1 diao4 
 
 
to kill 
 
删掉 
刪掉 
shan1 diao4 
 
 
to delete 
 
失掉 
失掉 
shi1 diao4 
 
 
to lose; to miss 
 
输掉 
輸掉 
shu1 diao4 
 
 
to lose 
 
甩掉 
甩掉 
shuai3 diao4 
 
 
to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump 
 
撕掉 
撕掉 
si1 diao4 
 
 
to tear out (and throw away); to rip away 
 
碎掉 
碎掉 
sui4 diao4 
 
 
to drop and smash; broken 
 
锁掉 
鎖掉 
suo3 diao4 
 
 
lock up; lock out; to lock 
 
天上不会掉馅饼 
天上不會掉餡餅 
tian1 shang4 bu4 hui4 diao4 xian4 bing3 
 
 
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom) 
 
土得掉渣 
土得掉渣 
tu3 de5 diao4 zha1 
 
 
(coll.) rustic; uncouth 
 
脱掉 
脫掉 
tuo1 diao4 
 
 
to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off 
 
脱皮掉肉 
脫皮掉肉 
tuo1 pi2 diao4 rou4 
 
 
lit. to shed skin, drop flesh; to work as hard as possible; to work one's butt off 
 
挖掉 
挖掉 
wa1 diao4 
 
 
to dig out; to eradicate 
 
忘掉 
忘掉 
wang4 diao4 
 
 
to forget 
 
尾大不掉 
尾大不掉 
wei3 da4 bu4 diao4 
 
 
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy; fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates 
 
掀掉 
掀掉 
xian1 diao4 
 
 
to remove; to tear off 
 
消耗掉 
消耗掉 
xiao1 hao4 diao4 
 
 
consumption 
 
笑掉大牙 
笑掉大牙 
xiao4 diao4 da4 ya2 
 
 
to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping 
 
信贷违约掉期 
信貸違約掉期 
xin4 dai4 wei2 yue1 diao4 qi1 
 
 
credit default swap (finance) 
 
炸掉 
炸掉 
zha4 diao4 
 
 
to bomb 
 
走掉 
走掉 
zou3 diao4 
 
 
to leave 
 
做掉 
做掉 
zuo4 diao4 
 
 
to kill; to get rid of; (sports) to defeat; to eliminate