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跌

diē

HSK 6 Character

What 跌 means

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

Example sentences

• 股价下跌了。
  Gǔjià xiàdiē le.
  Stock prices dropped.
• 肉价下跌了。
  The price of meat dropped.
• 米价下跌了。
  The price of rice has come down.
• 燕妮跌到谷底。
  Yànnī diē dào gǔdǐ.
  Yanni hit rock bottom.
• 他向后跌倒了。
  He fell backward.
• 网站流量下跌。
  Site traffic is dropping.

Words starting with 跌

• 跌倒diē dǎoto tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
• 跌落diē luòto fall; to drop
• 跌跌撞撞diē die zhuàng zhuàngto stagger along
• 跌幅diē fúdecline (in value); extent of a drop
• 跌坐diē zuòto drop involuntarily into a seated position
• 跌进diē jìnto fall into; to dip below a certain level
• 跌价diē jiàto fall in price
• 跌份diē fèn(colloquial) to lose face
• 跌停diē tíng(of a stock price) to fall to the daily lower limit…
• 跌市diē shìfalling stock prices; bear market
• 跌断diē duànto fall and fracture (a leg, vertebra etc)
• 跌水diē shuǐdrop of height in waterway; staircase of waterfalls
• 跌破diē pò(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level)…
• 跌至diē zhìto fall to
• 跌足diē zúto stamp one's foot (in anger)
• 跌风diē fēngfalling prices; bear market
• 跌停板diē tíng bǎndaily lower limit on the price of a stock
• 跌打药diē dǎ yàoliniment
• 跌眼镜diē yǎn jìngto be taken aback
• 跌打损伤diē dǎ sǔn shānginjury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
• 跌破眼镜diē pò yǎn jìng(fig.) to be astounded
• 跌至谷底diē zhì gǔ dǐto hit rock bottom (idiom)
• 跌跌爬爬diē diē pá pástumbling along
• 跌扑diē pūto tumble; to stumble and fall

Words containing 跌

• 下跌xià diēto fall; to tumble
• 暴跌bào diē(economics) to slump; steep fall (in value etc)
• 大跌眼镜dà diē yǎn jìng(fig.) to be astounded
• 涨跌zhǎng diērise or fall in price
• 回跌huí diēto fall back (of water level or share prices)
• 大跌dà diēlarge fall
• 狂跌kuáng diēcrazy fall (in prices)
• 猛跌měng diēdrop sharply (e.g. stock prices)
• 看跌kàn diē(finance) bearish
• 续跌xù diēto continue to fall (of share prices)
• 走跌zǒu diē(of prices, rates etc) to trend downward; to decline
• 大跌市dà diē shì(Hong Kong) stock market crash; major market downturn
• 涨跌幅限制zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhìlimit up, limit down; limit on daily price variation
• 扑跌pū diēto fall flat on one's face; (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)
• 摔跌shuāi diēto take a fall
• 陡跌dǒu diēprecipitous drop (in price)

Characters built on 失

These share the phonetic component 失 (shī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 鉄tiěold variant of 铁
• 瓞dié(literary) small melon

Characters that look like 跌

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

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 跪guìto kneel
• 麸fūbran
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined

Sounds the same

Read diē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爹dad