| diào | 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) |
| 掉 | to fall to drop to lag behind |
| 掉下 | to drop down to fall |
| 掉书袋 | lit. to drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned to quote classical texts as a parade of erudition |
| 掉以轻心 | treat sth lightly to lower one's guard |
| 掉价 | drop in price devalued to have one's status lowered |
| 掉价儿 | erhua variant of 掉價|掉价, drop in price devalued to have one's status lowered |
| 掉包 | to substitute in secret (a fake for the genuine item) to palm off |
| 掉向 | to turn to adjust one's direction to lose one's bearings |
| 掉头 | to turn through 180 degrees a U-turn to turn around |
| 掉换 | to shift uneasily to chop and change to swap (positions) |
| 掉文 | To show off one's learning. |
| 掉泪 | to shed tears |
| 掉点儿 | drip of rain |
| 掉球 | drop shot (in volleyball, tennis etc) |
| 掉秤 | to lose weight (of cattle) |
| 掉线 | to get disconnected (from the Internet) |
| 掉膘 | to lose weight (of cattle) |
| 掉色 | to lose color to fade |
| 掉落 | to fall down |
| 掉转 | to turn around |