Usage of the character 掉

to fall
to drop
to lag behind
to lose
to go missing
to reduce
fall (in prices)
to lose (value, weight etc)
to wag
to swing
to turn
to change
to exchange
to swap
to show off
to shed (hair)
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

dǎdiào

打掉

[打掉]

to tear down
to destroy
to dismantle (a gang)
to abort (a fetus)

diàosè

掉色

[掉色]

to lose color
to fade
also pr. (diàoshǎi)

qùdiào

去掉

[去掉]

to get rid of
to exclude
to eliminate
to remove
to delete
to strip out
to extract

diàojià

掉价

[掉價]

drop in price
devalued
to have one's status lowered

shāndiào

删掉

[刪掉]

to delete

diàoxiàn

掉线

[掉線]

to get disconnected (from the Internet)

cídiào

辞掉

[辭掉]

to quit (one's job)
to dismiss (an employee)

huàdiào

划掉

[劃掉]

to cross out
to cross off

miǎndiào

免掉

[免掉]

to eliminate
to scrap

shādiào

杀掉

[殺掉]

to kill

jùdiào

锯掉

[鋸掉]

to saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb)

xiāndiào

掀掉

[掀掉]

to remove
to tear off

diàoluò

掉落

[掉落]

to fall down

diàochèng

掉秤

[掉秤]

to lose weight (of cattle)

jiǎndiào

剪掉

[剪掉]

to cut off
to cut away
to trim

diàoxiàng

掉向

[掉向]

to turn
to adjust one's direction
to lose one's bearings

suǒdiào

锁掉

[鎖掉]

lock up
lock out
to lock

diàobāo

掉包

[掉包]

variant of 調包／调包 (diàobào)

piēdiào

撇掉

[撇掉]

to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid

shīdiào

失掉

[失掉]

to lose
to miss

fèidiào

废掉

[廢掉]

to depose (a king)

pǎodiào

跑掉

[跑掉]

to run away
to take to one's heels

diàoxià

掉下

[掉下]

to drop down
to fall

guādiào

刮掉

[刮掉]

to scrape off
to shave off (whiskers etc)
(of the wind) to blow sth away

diàofěn

掉粉

[掉粉]

to lose fans

diàoduì

掉队

[掉隊]

to fall behind
to drop out

chōngdiào

冲掉

[沖掉]

to wash out
to leach

lòudiào

漏掉

[漏掉]

to miss
to leave out
to omit
to be omitted
to be missing
to slip through
to leak out
to seep away

dàngdiào

当掉

[當掉]

to fail (a student)
to pawn
(of a computer or program) to crash
to stop working

guāndiào

关掉

[關掉]

to switch off; to shut off

luàndiào

乱掉

[亂掉]

messed up; in disarray; chaotic

diàozhuǎn

掉转

[掉轉]

to turn around

diàohuàn

掉换

[掉換]

to swap
to replace
to exchange
to change

bōdiào

剥掉

[剝掉]

to peel off
to strip off

huādiào

花掉

[花掉]

to spend (time, money)
to waste

diàoguò

掉过

[掉過]

to swap places

chīdiào

吃掉

[吃掉]

to eat up
to consume

wàngdiào

忘掉

[忘掉]

to forget

diàoqiú

掉球

[掉球]

(sports) to fumble the ball

sīdiào

撕掉

[撕掉]

to tear out (and throw away)
to rip away

tuōdiào

脱掉

[脫掉]

to remove
to take off
to strip off
to discard
to shed
to come off
to fall off

rēngdiào

扔掉

[扔掉]

to throw away
to throw out

gǎidiào

改掉

[改掉]

to drop a bad habit

hēdiào

喝掉

[喝掉]

to drink up
to finish (a drink)

fēndiào

分掉

[分掉]

to share
to divide up

gàndiào

干掉

[幹掉]

to get rid of

bádiào

拔掉

[拔掉]

to pluck
to pull off
to pull out
to unplug

huàidiào

坏掉

[壞掉]

to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined

diàobiāo

掉膘

[掉膘]

to lose weight (of cattle)

diàotóu

掉头

[掉頭]

to turn one's head
to turn round
to turn about

mièdiào

灭掉

[滅掉]

to eliminate

pōdiào

泼掉

[潑掉]

spill

diàolèi

掉泪

[掉淚]

to shed tears

huǐdiào

毁掉

[毀掉]

to destroy

zhàdiào

炸掉

[炸掉]

to bomb

suìdiào

碎掉

[碎掉]

to drop and smash
broken

diàoqī

掉期

[掉期]

swap (finance)

zǒudiào

走掉

[走掉]

to leave

chúdiào

除掉

[除掉]

to eliminate

zuòdiào

做掉

[做掉]

to kill
to get rid of
(sports) to defeat
to eliminate

wādiào

挖掉

[挖掉]

to dig out
to eradicate

diàoqī

掉漆

[掉漆]

to peel off (paint)
(fig.) to be exposed
to lose face (Tw)

shuǎidiào

甩掉

[甩掉]

to throw off
to abandon
to cast off
to get rid of
to dump

diūdiào

丢掉

[丟掉]

to lose
to throw away
to discard
to cast away

diàojǔ

掉举

[掉擧]

restlessness (Buddhism)

cādiào

擦掉

[擦掉]

to wipe

màidiào

卖掉

[賣掉]

to sell off

chèdiào

撤掉

[撤掉]

to cut
to throw out
to depose (from office)
to tear off

jiǎndiào

减掉

[減掉]

to subtract
to lose (weight)

gàngdiào

杠掉

[槓掉]

to cross out

shūdiào

输掉

[輸掉]

to lose

diàojiàr

掉价儿

[掉價兒]

erhua variant of 掉價／掉价 (diàojià)

lǎodiàoyá

老掉牙

[老掉牙]

very old
obsolete
out of date

diàoliànzi

掉链子

[掉鏈子]

to have one's bicycle chain come off
(fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up

diàodiǎnr

掉点儿

[掉點兒]

drip of rain

diàoguòr

掉过儿

[掉過兒]

erhua variant of 掉過／掉过 (diàoguò)

diàoshūdài

掉书袋

[掉書袋]

lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
fig. to show off one's erudition
a person who does so

wěidàbùdiào

尾大不掉

[尾大不掉]

large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates

diàoyǐqīngxīn

掉以轻心

[掉以輕心]

to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard

bèiyōuhuàdiào

被优化掉

[被優化掉]

to be made redundant

diàotóujiùzǒu

掉头就走

[掉頭就走]

to turn on one's heels
to walk away abruptly

tǔdediàozhā

土得掉渣

[土得掉渣]

(coll.) rustic; uncouth

tuōpídiàoròu

脱皮掉肉

[脫皮掉肉]

lit. to shed skin, drop flesh
to work as hard as possible
to work one's butt off

xiàodiàodàyá

笑掉大牙

[笑掉大牙]

to laugh one's head off
ridiculous
jaw-dropping

tiānshàngdiàoxiànbǐng

天上掉馅饼

[天上掉餡餅]

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
to have something fall into your lap

xìndàiwéiyuēdiàoqī

信贷违约掉期

[信貸違約掉期]

credit default swap (finance)

tiānshàngbùhuìdiàoxiànbǐng

天上不会掉馅饼

[天上不會掉餡餅]

there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)

dǎdiàoményá,wǎngdùzilǐyàn

打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

[打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥]

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically