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叼 (diāo): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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HSK 3.0Vocab 7-9 Recognition 7-9 Writing 7-9

1.

Animated Stroke Order 叼

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How to write 叼 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 叼

叼 stroke order diagram

3.

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叼

叼=

4.

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5.

Example Sentences

tā他

xí习

guàn惯

diāo叼

zhe着

yān烟

sī

Information

Pinyindiāo

Meaninghold in the mouth

Strokes5

Radical口

Traditional叼

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2055

Zhuyinㄉㄧㄠ

UnicodeU+53FC

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The mouth (口) holds something like a hook (刁) — to hold in the mouth, as a bird with a twig.

思

kǎo考

wèn问

tí题

。

He is used to thinking with a cigarette in his mouth

xiǎo小

gǒu狗

diāo叼

zhe着

qiú球

pǎo跑

guò过

lái来

。

The puppy runs over holding a ball in its mouth

lǎo老

yīng鹰

diāo叼

zǒu走

le了

chí池

táng塘

lǐ里

de的

xiǎo小

yú鱼

。

The eagle carried away the small fish from the pond

Nà那

zhī只

gǒu狗

diāo叼

zhe着

yī一

gēn根

gǔ骨

tou头

pǎo跑

le了

guò过

lái来

。

That dog came running over with a bone held in its mouth.

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砖zhuānbrick
幢zhuàngstreamer [used in ancient China]; [measure word for buildings]
坠zhuìto fall
揍zòubeat; break; smash
挨áisuffer; endure; drag out;
熬áoboil; stew

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Characters pronounced "diao".

碉diāoroom made of stone; watchtower
吊diàohang; suspend; lift up or let down with a rope
钓diàofish with a hook and line; angle
雕diāoto carve, engrave, or a bird of prey (eagle, vulture)
刁diāotricky, cunning, or a surname
掉diàolose; [as a complement after some verbs to indicate result of action]

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Characters with radical "口".

嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
咯gēfinal particle
嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent

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