Chinese symbol for “tumble”
跌倒
diē dǎo
to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tumble is 跌倒 (diē dǎo), defined as: to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tumble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跤 | jiāo | a tumble; a fall |
| 跟头 (跟頭) | gēn tou | tumble; somersault |
| 滚落 (滾落) | gǔn luò | to tumble |
| 筋斗 | jīn dǒu | tumble; somersault |
| 翻筋斗 | fān jīn dǒu | to tumble; to turn a somersault |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 跌倒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下跌 | xià diē | to fall; to tumble |
| 跌幅 | diē fú | decline (in value); extent of a drop |
| 大跌 | dà diē | large fall |
| 暴跌 | bào diē | (economics) to slump; steep fall (in value etc) |
| 跌落 | diē luò | to fall; to drop |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
| 倒闭 (倒閉) | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | to have bad luck; to be out of luck |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tumble”.
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