掉
diào HSK2

fall, drop

掉 diào
away verb
used as a resultative complement to indicate removal, completion, or fulfillment

把这些过期的食物扔掉。

bǎ zhè​xiē guò​qī de shí​wù rēng diào.

Throw away this expired food.

fall verb
to fall, drop, or lag behind

树叶掉到了地上。

shù​yè diào dào le dì shàng.

The leaves fell to the ground.

lose verb
to lose something, go missing, or decrease in value, price, or weight; to shed hair or color

我的钥匙掉了。

wǒ de yào​shi diào le.

I lost my keys.

exchange verb
to change, exchange, or swap positions

我们两个掉一下位子。

wǒ​men liǎng gè diào yī​xià wèi​zi.

Let's swap seats.

show off verb
to show off or display one's cleverness or knowledge

他总喜欢在人前掉书袋。

tā zǒng xǐ​huan zài rén qián diào shū​dài.

He always likes to show off his learning in front of others.

turn verb
to turn, swing, or wag

他掉过头去，假装没有看见路边的熟人。

tā diào guò tóu qù, jiǎ​zhuāng méi​yǒu kàn​jiàn lù​biān de shú​rén.

He turned his head away, pretending not to see his acquaintance on the roadside.

Frequency
Character
Written text
849th most common 209.5 per million
Movie subtitles
312th most common 508.5 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
481.1 per million appears in 80% of films
Written text
149.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6389

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)