掉 (diào) means To fall. Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我的手机 掉 在地上了。
Wǒ de shǒujī diào zài dì shàng le.
My phone fell on the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 掉
秋天树上的叶子都 掉 了。
Qiūtiān shù shàng de yèzi dōu diào le.
In autumn the leaves all fall from the trees.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 掉
杯子 掉 在地上碎了。
Bēizi diào zài dì shàng suì le.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 碎
离开前请关 掉 电源。
Líkāi qián qǐng guān diào diànyuán.
Please switch off the power before leaving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 电源
杯子磕 掉 了一小块。
Bēizi kē diào le yì xiǎo kuài.
A small piece has been chipped off the cup.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磕
杯子 掉 在地上摔破了。
Bēizi diào zài dì shàng shuāi pò le.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 破
风一吹，叶子就 掉 了。
Fēng yì chuī, yèzi jiù diào le.
As soon as the wind blows, the leaves fall.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 叶子
她擦 掉 了桌上的灰尘。
Tā cā diào le zhuō shàng de huīchén.
She wiped the dust off the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灰尘
墙上的油漆已经 掉 了。
Qiáng shang de yóuqī yǐjīng diào le.
The paint on the wall has come off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 油漆
这些旧东西统统扔 掉 吧。
Zhèxiē jiù dōngxi tǒngtǒng rēng diào ba.
Let's throw all this old stuff out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 统统
孩子睡觉时把被子蹬 掉 了。
Háizi shuìjiào shí bǎ bèizi dēng diào le.
The child kicked the quilt off in his sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蹬
玻璃杯 掉 在地上，粉碎了。
Bōli bēi diào zài dì shang, fěnsuì le.
The glass fell to the floor and shattered.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粉碎
他的衬衫 掉 了一颗纽扣儿。
Tā de chènshān diào le yì kē niǔkòur.
A button has come off his shirt.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纽扣儿
这个污渍很顽固，洗不 掉 。
Zhège wūzì hěn wángù, xǐ bu diào.
This stain is stubborn and will not wash out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 顽固
他终于戒 掉 了酗酒的习惯。
Tā zhōngyú jiè diào le xùjiǔ de xíguàn.
He finally gave up his heavy drinking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 酗酒
妈妈舍不得扔 掉 这件旧衣服。
Māma shěbude rēng diào zhè jiàn jiù yīfu.
Mother cannot bear to throw out this old piece of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舍不得
他学会了过滤 掉 无用的信息。
Tā xuéhuì le guòlǜ diào wúyòng de xìnxī.
He has learned to filter out useless information.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过滤
一次失信会毁 掉 多年的声誉。
Yí cì shīxìn huì huǐdiào duō nián de shēngyù.
One breach of trust can destroy years of reputation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 声誉
警方端 掉 了这个犯罪团伙的巢穴。
Jǐngfāng duān diào le zhège fànzuì tuánhuǒ de cháoxué.
The police wiped out this criminal gang's hideout.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巢穴
他挥霍 掉 了父母留下的全部积蓄。
Tā huīhuò diào le fùmǔ liúxià de quánbù jīxù.
He squandered all the savings his parents left him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挥霍
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From the graded readers
也许他是对的。可是有些东西被扔 掉 以后，就再也找不回来了。
yěxǔ tā shì duì de / dì. kěshì yǒuxiē dōngxī bèi rēngdiào yǐhòu, jiù zài yě zhǎo bù huílai.
Maybe he's right. But some things, once thrown away, can never be got back.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
是一个女孩子，她说：“你的手机 掉 在图书馆的椅子下边了。”
shì yīgè nǚhái zǐ, tā shuō:" nǐ de shǒujī diào zài túshūguǎn de / dì yǐzi xià biān le / liǎo / liào."
It was a young woman. She said, "Your phone had fallen under a chair in the library."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
掉 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 掉
How is 掉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 掉 (diào, "To fall"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 掉 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 掉 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 掉 an HSK word?
Yes — 掉 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 掉?
The dictionary page for 掉 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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