HSK 4 · Verbs

丢 diū “to lose” in Chinese

Traditional 丟

What 丢 means

  1. to lose
  2. to put aside
  3. to throw

How to say 丢

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale丢diū1st tone, high and level

丢 in a sentence

  1. 我好像丢了我的钥匙。

    Wǒ hǎoxiàng diū le wǒ de yàoshi.

    I seem to have lost my keys.

    Sentence #349683 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的行李丢了。

    Wǒ de xíngli diū le.

    My luggage has gone missing.

    Sentence #794187 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我借的书丢了。

    Wǒ jiè de shū diū le.

    I’ve lost the book I borrowed.

    Sentence #13972169 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 丢 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 丢 (diū) with each of its parts in a different colour
丢diūto lose
  • 王king · wáng
  • 厶private · sī

How to write 丢

丢 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 丢

Words with 丢

丢人diūrén · to lose face丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

丢 (diū) means “to lose” or “to put aside”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it diū: diū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 丢 is written 丟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丢 from the suggestions. Typing diu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丢 is an HSK 4 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.