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吊

diào

HSK 6 Character

What 吊 means

1. to suspend
2. to hang up
3. to hang a person

Other readings

吊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• diàoa string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with

Example sentences

• 他上吊自杀了。
  He committed suicide by hanging himself.
• 吊带是最安全的。
  Diàodài shì zuì ānquán de.
  Suspenders are safest.
• 灯笼在树枝上吊着。
  Dēnglóng zài shùzhī shàngdiào zhe.
  The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
• 多么漂亮的小吊坠啊！
  What a beautiful locket!
• 革命的时候他被吊死了。
  Gémìng de shíhou tā bèi diàosǐ le.
  He was hanged during the Revolution.
• 我茕茕孑立，形影相吊。
  I was alone.

Words starting with 吊

• 吊死diào sǐdeath by hanging; to hang oneself
• 吊灯diào dēnghanging lamp
• 吊唁diào yànto offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole
• 吊桥diào qiáodrawbridge; suspension bridge
• 吊车diào chēhoist; crane; elevator
• 吊销diào xiāoto suspend (an agreement); to revoke
• 吊起diào qǐto hoist
• 吊儿郎当diào r láng dāngsloppy
• 吊床diào chuánghammock
• 吊瓶diào pínginfusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
• 吊具diào jùspreader (for pallet, container etc)
• 吊塔diào tǎa tower crane
• 吊审diào shěnto bring to trial; to bring to court
• 吊带diào dàisuspenders; garters; shoulder strap
• 吊扇diào shàna ceiling fan; a punka
• 吊打diào dǎto hang sb up and beat him; (fig.) (slang) to own (one's opponent); to thoroughly dominate
• 吊扣diào kòuto suspend (a license etc)
• 吊挂diào guàto suspend; to hang
• 吊斗diào dǒu(a container) carried suspended or underslung; cable car bucket
• 吊杆diào gāna boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
• 吊梯diào tīa rope ladder
• 吊楼diào lóuhouse overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts…
• 吊机diào jīcrane; hoist
• 吊水diào shuǐto draw water (from a well); (colloquial) to receive an IV drip

Words containing 吊

• 上吊shàng diàoto hang oneself
• 提心吊胆tí xīn diào dǎn(idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
• 凭吊píng diàoto visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased)
• 塔吊tǎ diàotower crane
• 拖吊tuō diàoto tow (a car)
• 祭吊jì diàoto mourn and offer prayers
• 开吊kāi diàoto hold memorial service; to hold a funeral
• 半吊子bàn diào zidabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
• 打吊瓶dǎ diào píngto put sb on an intravenous drip
• 打吊针dǎ diào zhēnto put sb on an intravenous drip
• 拖吊车tuō diào chētow truck
• 形影相吊xíng yǐng xiāng diàowith only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom); extremely sad and lonely
• 缆索吊椅lǎn suǒ diào yǐski-lift
• 倒吊蜡烛dào diào là zhúWrightia tinctoria…
• 一哭二闹三上吊yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào(lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)…
• 不要在一棵树上吊死bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐdon't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)…

Characters that look like 吊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 西xīwest
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 希xīto hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 弟dìyounger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious

Sounds the same

Read diào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掉to fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 钓to fish with a hook and line; to angle
• 调to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate
• 铫pan with a long handle
• 窎(literary) distant; deep; profound
• 蓧bamboo basket
• 藋Sambucu javinica
• 伄used in 伄儅
• 铞see 钌铞儿