丢掉 meaning in English

diūdiào

to lose; to throw away

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 丟掉17 strokes

Meaning of 丢掉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

diūdiào
  1. to lose
  2. to throw away
  3. to discard
  4. to cast away

丢掉 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú要yào丢diū掉diào这zhè本běn杂zá志zhì。
Don't throw away this magazine.
一yí个gè好hǎo的de厨chú师shī不bú会huì丢diū掉diào昨zuó天tiān的de汤tāng。
A good cook doesn't throw out yesterday's soup.
老lǎo婆pó叫jiào我wǒ把bǎ这zhè顶dǐng旧jiù帽mào子zi丢diū掉diào。
My wife asked me to throw this old hat away.
既jì然rán房fáng间jiān里lǐ新xīn家jiā具jù都dōu买mǎi好hǎo了le,这zhè点diǎn破pò家jiā具jù都dōu可kě以yǐ丢diū掉diào了le!
Now that we've bought new furniture for the room, why not throw away this old, worn-out furniture?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

丢 diū · to lose · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

掉 diào · to fall · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 丢掉.

去掉qùdiàoto get rid of; to exclude
关掉guāndiàoto switch off; to shut off
忘掉wàngdiàoto forget
丢脸diūliǎnto lose face; humiliation
丢失diūshīto lose; to misplace
丢人diūrénto lose face
掉头diàotóuto turn one's head; to turn round
丢弃diūqìto discard; to abandon
掉队diàoduìto fall behind; to drop out
干掉gàndiàoto get rid of
杀掉shādiàoto kill
丢下diūxiàto abandon

Questions about 丢掉

What does 丢掉 mean?

丢掉 (diūdiào) means "to lose; to throw away" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 丢掉?

丢掉 is made of 2 characters: 丢 (6 strokes), 掉 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 丢掉 an HSK word?

Yes. 丢掉 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 丢掉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 丢掉 is written 丟掉.