脱落 meaning in English

tuōluò

to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 脫落23 strokes

Meaning of 脱落

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tuōluò
  1. to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out
  2. to omit (a character when writing)

脱落 in example sentences

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

你nǐ的de一yí个gè按àn钮niǔ脱tuō落là了le。
One of your buttons has come off.
墙qiáng上shàng的de纸zhǐ渐jiàn渐jiàn脱tuō落là了le。
The paper was beginning to peel off the walls.
油yóu漆qī从cóng墙qiáng上shàng脱tuō落luò。
The paint was coming off the wall.
这zhè颗kē钮niǔ扣kòu脱tuō落là了le。
The button came off.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài院yuàn子zi栅zhà栏lán上shàng油yóu漆qī脱tuō落luò的de地dì方fāng又yòu刷shuā上shàng了le油yóu漆qī。
Tom painted the part of the fence where the paint had flaked off.

Stroke order for each character

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

脱 tuō · to shed · 11 strokes

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落 luò · to fall or drop · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 脱落.

落后luòhòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)
摆脱bǎituōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
降落jiàngluòto descend; to land
脱离tuōlíto separate oneself from; to break away from
落实luòshípractical; workable
角落jiǎoluòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
堕落duòluòto degrade; to degenerate
落下luòxiato fall; to drop
下落xiàluòwhereabouts; to drop
解脱jiětuōto untie; to free
脱身tuōshēnto get away; to escape (from obligations)
失落shīluòto lose (sth); to drop (sth)

Questions about 脱落

What does 脱落 mean?

脱落 (tuōluò) means "to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 脱落?

脱落 is made of 2 characters: 脱 (11 strokes), 落 (12 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 脱落 an HSK word?

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

How is 脱落 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 脱落 is written 脫落.