Chinese word dictionary

挖掉

wā diào · to dig out; to eradicate

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Word information

Simplified挖掉

Traditional挖掉

Pinyinwā diào

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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挖wā

to dig, to excavate

掉diào

to drop, to fall, to remove

How to learn 挖掉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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掉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); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

挖wā

to dig; to excavate; to scoop out

掉队diàoduì

to fall behind; to drop out

掉头diàotóu

to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about

挖掘wājué

to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into

挖苦wāku

to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wa1 ku5]