- 干掉 gàndiào to kill(slang) to kill; to liquidate; to knock off
- 关掉 guāndiào to turn offto switch off, shut off, or unplug a device or valve; to make something stop functioning
- 忘掉 wàngdiào to forgetto let slip from one's memory; to no longer remember past events or information
- 扔掉 rēngdiào to throw awayto throw away; to throw out; to discard
- 丢掉 diūdiào to loseto lose; to misplace; to no longer have
- 除掉 chúdiào to eliminateto get rid of; to clear away; to remove
- 甩掉 shuǎidiào to throw offTo get rid of something or someone; to shake off, cast off, abandon, or dump.
- 去掉 qùdiào to get rid ofto remove, eliminate, or delete; to extract or strip out; to weed out or eradicate
- 吃掉 chīdiào to eat upto eat up; to finish eating; to consume completely
- 掉头 diàotóu to turn aroundTo turn a vehicle around and go in the opposite direction; to make a U-turn.
- 炸掉 zhàdiào to blow upto blow up or destroy with explosives; to bomb
- 漏掉 lòudiào to missto leave out; to omit; to be missing or left out
- 掉下来 diàoxiàlai to fall downTo drop down from a higher position; to fall off
- 毁掉 huǐdiào to destroyto destroy; to ruin; to cause to perish
- 拔掉 bádiào to pull outto pull out; to pull off; to pluck; to unplug
- 杀掉 shādiào to killto kill; to put to death; to slay
- 掉下 diàoxià to fallto fall down; to drop down
- 打掉 dǎdiào to destroyto tear down, destroy, or dismantle; to topple an organization or gang
- 擦掉 cādiào to eraseto erase; to rub out; to rub off; to wipe away
- 掉落 diàoluò to fall downto fall down; to drop from a height
- 抹掉 mǒdiào to erase; erasureto wipe away or erase; to efface
- 脱掉 tuōdiào to take offTo take off; to strip off; to shed or discard clothes, shoes, or skin.
- 老掉牙 lǎodiàoyá obsoletevery old or out of date; obsolete; antediluvian
- 改掉 gǎidiào to give upTo drop, discard, or correct a bad habit or trait.
- 减掉 jiǎndiào to subtractTo subtract or take away; to deduct.
- 烧掉 shāodiào to burn awayto burn up; to burn away; to burn off
- 拆掉 chāidiào to tear downTo take down; to tear apart; to demolish a structure.
- 砍掉 kǎndiào to cut offto chop or hack off; to remove by cutting
- 掉以轻心 diàoyǐqīngxīn to lower one's guardto treat something lightly; to adopt a careless or casual attitude toward a matter
- 辞掉 cídiào to resignto resign or quit a job
- 卖掉 màidiào to sell offto sell off or sell out; to dispose of something by selling it
- 失掉 shīdiào to lose; to missto lose something previously possessed; to fail to keep or catch (an opportunity, etc.)
- 洗掉 xǐdiào to wash offto wash off; to remove by washing
- 灭掉 mièdiào to eliminateto destroy; to ruin; to wipe out
- 撤掉 chèdiào to removeto take away; to discard; to eliminate or remove from a position; to tear off or strip away
- 溜掉 liūdiào to slip awayTo slip away; to sneak off or escape stealthily.
- 掉泪 diàolèi to shed tearsto shed tears; to cry; to weep
- 撕掉 sīdiào to tear offto tear off, tear out, or rip away; to tear something up or apart
- 废掉 fèidiào to abandonto abandon; to discard; to scrap
- 掉队 diàoduì to fall behindto fall behind or drop out of a group or procession; to lag behind others while traveling
- 掉转 diàozhuǎn to turn aroundto turn around or face the opposite direction; to make a U-turn
- 掉包 diàobāo to substitute by stealthto secretly substitute a genuine or valuable item with a fake or inferior one; to palm off
- 扣掉 kòudiào to deductTo subtract or take away a portion of something; to dock from a total.
- 掉色 diàosè to fadeto lose color or fade, as with fabric through washing or sun exposure
- 掉价 diàojià to drop in priceto go down in price; to be devalued
- 免掉 miǎndiào to eliminateto eliminate; to scrap; to get rid of
- 掉换 diàohuàn to swapto exchange, replace, or switch; commonly written as [[调换|調換|diao4 huan4]]
- 笑掉大牙 xiàodiàodàyá ridiculousextremely funny or absurd; so ridiculous as to make one laugh their head off (literally "laugh until one's molars fall out")
- 土得掉渣 tǔdediàozhā rustic(colloquial) extremely rustic or unsophisticated; so local or backward that it "drops crumbs"; uncouth
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH