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  • 1

    v.hang

    • xiǎo tōu bèi diào zài shù shang

      小偷

      The thief was hung from a tree.

    • fáng dǐng shang diào zhe liǎng zhǎn dēng

      房顶

      Two lamps hung from the roof.

    • shàng diào

      hang oneself

  • 2

    v.lift up or let down with a rope

    • tā zhèng shì zhe bǎ xiāng zi diào jìn kǎ chē li

      箱子卡车

      She is trying to lift the box into the lorry.

    • tā yòng qǐ zhòng jī diào qǐ cái liào

      起重机材料

      He cranes up the material.

    • nǐ néng bǎ shuǐ ní diào shàng qù ma

      水泥上去

      Could you hoist up the cement?

  • 3

    v.condole

    • diào sāng

      pay a condolence call

    • diào yàn

      express one's grief for the dead and condolences to the bereaved

    • diào wèi

      condole

  • 4

    v.revoke

    • diào xiāo

      withdraw

  • 5

    v.line

  • 6

    n.crane

    • lóng mén diào

      portal jib crane

    • tǎ diào

      tower crane

    • diào chē

      crane

  • 7

    v.put in a fur lining

    • diào pí ǎo

      皮袄

      line a coat with fur

Words and phrases with 吊

  • 吊古
    [word]visit a historical site and muse over the past
  • 吊篮
    [word]hanging flower basket; nacelle
  • 吊钩
    [word]hook
  • 吊嗓子
    [word]train/exercise one's voice
  • 吊丝
    [word]hang spring
  • 吊床
    [word]hammock
  • 吊牌
    [word]label; await one's winning tile/card
  • 吊挂
    [word]hang
  • 吊颈
    [word]same as 吊死
  • 吊古寻幽
    [idiom]dwell on the past and make the historic scenes live again
  • 吊死问疾
    [idiom]show great concern for the poor and ill
  • 吊儿郎当
    [idiom]take a devil-may-care attitude; sloppy in work
  • 吊民伐罪
    [idiom]console the suffering people and punish the wicked ruler

Similar-form characters to 吊

Chinese Characters with pinyin diào

  • move; investigate
  • wave; show off
  • fish with a hook and line; pursue