Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/掉-diào-fall,-drop;-lose

掉 diào fall, drop; lose - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 手 shŏu “hand”, which at the left side of a character is written as 扌 and is referred to colloquially as 提手 tíshŏu “raised hand.” Phonetic is 卓 zhuó “eminent.” Distinguish 掉 from 桌 zhuō. 掉 diào fall, drop; lose, misplace [V] 掉 -diào away [RE] 跑掉 păodiào run off, run away [RC] 死掉 sĭdiào die [RC] 忘掉 wàngdiào forget [RC] 卖掉 (賣掉) màidiào sell off [RC]

Examples

• 被 bèi (indicates passive) [CV]
• 被打了 bèi dăle was hit
• 被偷了 bèi tōule was stolen
• 被她拿走了 bèi tā názŏule was taken away by her

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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