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掉期
diào qī
Pinyin
Definition
掉期
-
diào qī
swap (finance)
Character Decomposition
掉
扌
⺊
日
十
期
甘
一
八
月
Related Words
(20)
假期
jià qī
1
vacation
掉
diào
1
to fall
2
to drop
3
to lag behind
4
to lose
5
to go missing
6
to reduce
7
fall (in prices)
8
to lose (value, weight etc)
9
to wag
10
to swing
11
to turn
12
to change
13
to exchange
14
to swap
15
to show off
16
to shed (hair)
17
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
星期
xīng qī
1
week
2
CL:個|个[gè]
3
day of the week
4
Sunday
期
qī
1
variant of 期[qī]
2
period
3
cycle
期待
qī dài
1
to look forward to
2
to await
3
expectation
期间
qī jiān
1
period of time
2
time
3
time period
4
period
5
CL:個|个[gè]
丢掉
diū diào
1
to lose
2
to throw away
3
to discard
4
to cast away
佳期
jiā qī
1
wedding day
2
day of tryst
保质期
bǎo zhì qī
1
date of use (on foodstuffs)
2
best before date
初期
chū qī
1
initial stage
2
beginning period
删掉
shān diào
1
to delete
到期
dào qī
1
to fall due (loan etc)
2
to expire (visa etc)
3
to mature (investment bond etc)
前期
qián qī
1
preceding period
2
early stage
剪掉
jiǎn diào
1
to cut off
2
to cut away
3
to trim
去掉
qù diào
1
to get rid of
2
to exclude
3
to eliminate
4
to remove
5
to delete
6
to strip out
7
to extract
吃掉
chī diào
1
to eat up
2
to consume
坏掉
huài diào
1
spoilt
2
ruined
失掉
shī diào
1
to lose
2
to miss
如期
rú qī
1
as scheduled
2
on time
3
punctual
学期
xué qī
1
term
2
semester
3
CL:個|个[gè]
Idioms
(7)
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
1
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
1
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
2
to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
1
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
2
fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
后会有期
hòu huì yǒu qī
1
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
2
Hope to see you again.
掉书袋
diào shū dài
1
lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
2
fig. to show off one's erudition
3
a person who does so
期期艾艾
qī qī ài ài
1
stammering (idiom)
遥遥无期
yáo yáo wú qī
1
far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
Sample Sentences