掉
队

To fall behind in Chinese: 掉队 (diào duì)

diào duì

to fall behind

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 掉隊1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to fall behind
  2. 2to drop out

Stroke order

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掉
队

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧㄠˋ

diào

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨㄟˋ

duì

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

掉队

Simplified

掉隊

Traditional

Example sentences

See 掉队 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 爬山时他体力不行，很快就掉队了。

    pá shān shí tā tǐ lì bù xíng， hěn kuài jiù diào duì le。

    While climbing, he lacked stamina and quickly fell behind.

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Related words

掉

diào

to fall

队

duì

squadron

排队

pái duì

to line up

队长

duì zhǎng

captain

球队

qiú duì

sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)

队员

duì yuán

team member

乐队

yuè duì

band

部队

bù duì

army

队伍

duì wǔ

ranks

军队

jūn duì

armed forces

去掉

qù diào

to get rid of

团队

tuán duì

team

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