脱 tuō
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脱落
tuōluò
to fall off; to come loose
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 事故调查发现，桥面几处防护板已经脱落，却长期无人维修。 Shìgù diàochá fāxiàn, qiáomiàn jǐ chù fánghùbǎn yǐjīng tuōluò, què chángqī wú rén wéixiū. The accident investigation found that several protective panels on the bridge deck had already come loose, yet no one had repaired them for a long time.
- 旧墙皮已经脱落，露出里面的红砖。 Jiù qiángpí yǐjīng tuōluò, lù chū lǐmiàn de hóngzhuān. The old wall plaster has already peeled off, exposing the red bricks beneath.
- 这本书用得太久，书皮已经开始脱落。 Zhè běn shū yòng de tài jiǔ, shūpí yǐjīng kāishǐ tuōluò. This book has been used so long that its cover is starting to come off.
Related words
- 摆脱 bǎituō to get rid of; to break free from
- 脱 tuō to take off
- 脱离 tuōlí to break away from; to leave
- 解脱 jiětuō to free oneself; liberation; release
- 脱节 tuōjié to become disconnected; to be out of touch
- 脱口而出 tuōkǒu'érchū to blurt out; to say without thinking
- 脱身 tuōshēn to get away; to extricate oneself
- 脱颖而出 tuōyǐng'érchū to stand out from the crowd
- 落后 luòhòu to fall behind
- 降落 jiàngluò to land
- 落 luò to fall; to set
- 落 là to leave out; to miss