掉 diu⁶ {diào}

1. to fall
2. to drop
3. to lag behind
4. to lose
5. to go missing
6. to reduce
7. fall (in prices)
8. to lose (value, weight etc)
9. to wag
10. to swing
11. to turn
12. to change
13. to exchange
14. to swap
15. to show off
16. to shed (hair)
17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

掉臂 diu⁶ bei³ {diào bì}

to swing one's arm widely and walk off, meaning not caring at all

掉色 {diàoshǎi}

1. to lose color
2. to fade
3. also pr. [diao4 shai3]

掉包 diu⁶ baau¹ {diào bāo}

to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item

掉膘 diu⁶ biu¹ {diào biāo}

to lose weight (of cattle)

掉漆 diu⁶ cat¹ {diào qī}

1. to peel off (paint)
2. (fig.) to be exposed
3. to lose face (Tw)

掉秤 diu⁶ cing³ {diào chèng}

to lose weight (of cattle)

掉隊〔-队〕 diu⁶ deoi² {diào duì}

1. to fall behind
2. to drop out

掉價〔-价〕 diu⁶ gaa³ {diào jià}

1. drop in price
2. devalued
3. to have one's status lowered

掉過〔-过〕 diu⁶ gwo³ {diào guò}

to swap places

掉下 diu⁶ haa⁶ {diào xià}

1. to drop down
2. to fall

掉向 diu⁶ hoeng³ {diào xiàng}

1. to turn
2. to adjust one's direction
3. to lose one's bearings

掉球 diu⁶ kau⁴ {diào qiú}

drop shot (in volleyball, tennis etc)

掉期 diu⁶ kei⁴ {diào qī}

swap (finance)

掉淚〔-泪〕 diu⁶ leoi⁶ {diào lèi}

to shed tears

掉落 diu⁶ lok⁶ {diào luò}

to fall down

掉色 diu⁶ sik¹ {diào sè}

1. to lose color
2. to fade
3. also pr. [diao4 shai3]

掉線〔-线〕 diu⁶ sin³ {diào xiàn}

to get disconnected (from the Internet)

掉頭〔-头〕 diu⁶ tau⁴ {diào tóu}

1. to turn one's head
2. to turn round
3. to turn about

掉換〔-换〕 diu⁶ wun⁶ {diào huàn}

1. to swap
2. to replace
3. to exchange
4. to change

掉轉〔-转〕 diu⁶ zyun³ {diào zhuǎn}

to turn around

掉轉頭〔-转头〕 diu⁶ zyun³ tau⁴ {diào zhuǎn tóu}

To turn to the opposite direction; to turn around; to invert

掉點兒〔-点儿〕 diu⁶ dim² ji⁴ {diào diǎn r}

drip of rain

掉鏈子〔-链-〕 diu⁶ lin² zi² {diào liàn zi}

1. to let sb down
2. to drop the ball
3. to screw up

掉書袋〔-书-〕 diu⁶ syu¹ doi² {diào shū dài}

1. lit. to drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned
2. to quote classical texts as a parade of erudition

掉以輕心〔--轻-〕 diu⁶ ji⁵ hing¹ sam¹ {diào yǐ qīng xīn}

1. treat sth lightly
2. to lower one's guard

掉頭就走〔-头--〕 diu⁶ tau⁴ zau⁶ zau² {diào tóu jiù zǒu}

1. to turn on one's heels
2. to walk away abruptly