HSK 6 · Verbs

跌 diē “to fall” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 跌 means

  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to tumble
  4. to trip
  5. (of prices etc) to drop

How to say 跌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale跌diē1st tone, high and level

跌 in a sentence

  1. 他们差点跌下椅子。

    Tāmen chàdiǎn diē xià yǐzi.

    They nearly fell off their chairs.

    Sentence #9423252 from Tatoeba

  2. 温度计上的温度跌到了零度以下。

    Wēndùjì shàng de wēndù diē dào le língdù yǐxià.

    The temperature on the thermometer fell below zero.

    Sentence #700952 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 股票价格跌至历史新低。

    Gǔpiào jiàgé diēzhì lìshǐ xīndī.

    Share prices fell to a record low.

    Sentence #798079 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 跌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 跌 (diē) with each of its parts in a different colour
跌diēto fall
  • 足foot · zú
  • 失to lose · shī

How to write 跌

跌 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

跌 (diē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 跌 (diē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 跌

More words: Common Verbs

奠定diàndìng · to establish点缀diǎnzhuì · to decorate吊diào · to hang叼diāo · to hold in the mouth抵抗dǐkàng · to resist盯dīng · to stare at动手dòngshǒu · to start work东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

FAQs

跌 (diē) means “to fall” or “to drop”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diē: diē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 跌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type die with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跌 from the suggestions. Typing die into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跌 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.