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坠

zhuì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 墜

What 坠 means

1. to fall
2. to drop
3. to weigh down

Example sentences

• 当心坠落。
  Dāngxīn zhuìluò.
  Watch out for the drop.
• 飞机坠毁了。
  The plane crashed.
• 让我们坠入爱河。
  Ràng wǒmen zhuìrù àihé.
  Let's fall in love.
• 当心坠落的东西!
  Dāngxīn zhuìluò de dōngxi!
  Watch out for falling objects!
• 我会给你这个坠饰。
  I'll give you this pendant.
• 他的飞机在山上坠毁。
  Tā de fēijī zài Shānshàng zhuìhuǐ.
  His airplane crashed in the mountains.

Words starting with 坠

• 坠落zhuì luòto fall; to drop
• 坠入zhuì rùto drop into; to fall into
• 坠毁zhuì huǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
• 坠机zhuì jīairplane crash
• 坠亡zhuì wángto fall to one's death
• 坠子zhuì ziweight; pendant; same as 坠胡
• 坠楼zhuì lóuto fall off or jump off a building
• 坠海zhuì hǎito fall into the ocean; to crash into the ocean
• 坠胎zhuì tāito have an abortion; abortion
• 坠胡zhuì hútwo-stringed bowed instrument; also called 坠琴
• 坠饰zhuì shìpendant (jewelry)
• 坠马zhuì mǎto fall off a horse
• 坠入情网zhuì rù qíng wǎngto fall in love
• 坠入爱河zhuì rù ài héto fall in love
• 坠琴zhuì qínsame as 坠胡

Words containing 坠

• 摇摇欲坠yáo yáo yù zhuìtottering; on the verge of collapse
• 下坠xià zhuì(of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop
• 天花乱坠tiān huā luàn zhuì(lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); (fig.) extravagant embellishments; hype
• 吊坠diào zhuìa pendant (jewelry)
• 失坠shī zhuìloss
• 击坠jī zhuìto shoot down
• 挂坠盒guà zhuì hélocket
• 耳坠子ěr zhuì zieardrops (pendant jewelry); earrings
• 吊坠缚diào zhuì fùstrappado bondage
• 呱呱坠地gū gū zhuì dì(idiom) (of a baby) to enter the world with a loud cry; to be born
• 金乌西坠，玉兔东升jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēnglit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the…
• 累坠léi zhuìvariant of 累赘

Characters that look like 坠

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

• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 伦lúnhuman relationship; order; coherence
• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing

Sounds the same

Read zhuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缀to sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 赘(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's…
• 惴anxious; worried
• 缒to let down with a rope
• 甀vase with a small mouth
• 硾iodide; to weight
• 膇swelling of foot
• 餟circle shrines and make sacrifices