吊 diào
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diào
verb
to hang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '吊' v 1; Unihan '吊') -
diào
verb
to condole; to mourn; to pity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 弔 (Guoyu '吊' v 4; Unihan '吊') -
diào
verb
to keep
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 收回 or 扣留 (Guoyu '吊' v 2) -
diào
verb
to draw
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 提取 (Guoyu '吊' v 3) -
diào
noun
an ancient unit of currentcy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 弔; one thousand copper coins (Guoyu '吊' n 1)
Contained in
- 吊销(吊銷) to suspend (an agreement); to revoke
- 吊挂(吊掛) to suspend; to hang
- 吊桥(吊橋) drawbridge; suspension bridge
- 凭吊(憑弔) to visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased)
- 吊卷 to consult the archives
- 吊灯(吊燈) a hanging lamp; a chandelier
- 吊袜带(吊襪帶) suspenders (for stockings)
- 吊车(吊車) a hoist; a crane
- 吊杆 a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
- 吊祭(弔祭) a worship ceremony for the dead; to offer sacrifice (to ancestors); a libation
- 吊钟花(吊鐘花) Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
- 吊打 to hang somebody up and beat him
- 吊索 rope tackle hanging from a mast; crow foot (system of ropes through tackle to hold up an awning)
- 提心吊胆(提心吊膽) to be scared and on edge
- 吊客(弔客) a visitor offering condolences
- 吊球 drop shot (in tennis or volleyball)
- 吊膀子 to flirt (derog.)
- 吊伐(弔伐) to console the people by punishing the tyrants
- 形影相吊(形影相弔) with only body and shadow to comfort each other; extremely sad and lonely
- 吊诡(弔詭) bizarre; paradoxical ; a paradox
- 拖吊车(拖吊車) tow truck
- 半吊子 dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
- 吊钩(吊鉤) suspended hook; hanging hook; hanger
- 吊起 to hoist
- 吊环(吊環) rings
- 吊胃口 to keep somebody in suspense; to tantalize; to keep on tenterhooks
- 吊车尾(吊車尾) lowest-ranking (student, participant etc); to rank at the bottom of the list; to finish last
- 不要在一棵树上吊死(不要在一棵樹上吊死) don't insist on only taking one road to Rome; there's more than one way to skin a cat
- 吊孝(弔孝) a condolence visit
- 吊坠(吊墜) a pendant (jewelry)
- 吊带衫(吊帶衫) halter top; spaghetti strap top; sun top
- 吊牌 tag
- 吊丧(弔喪) condolences; a condolence visit
- 吊扣 to suspend (a licence etc)
- 吊绳(吊繩) sling
- 吊带背心(吊帶背心) camisole
- 缆索吊椅(纜索吊椅) ski-lift
- 吊嗓子 voice training (for Chinese opera)
- 吊慰(弔慰) to offer condolences; to console the bereaved
- 倒吊蜡烛(倒吊蠟燭) Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
- 吊床 hammock
- 吊瓶族 infusion clan, patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc
- 吊杠(吊槓) trapeze (gymnastics)
- 吊塔 a tower crane
- 吊斗 (a container) carried suspended or underslung; cable car bucket
- 吊坠缚(吊墜縛) strappado bondage
- 吊颈(吊頸) to hang oneself
- 吊楼(吊樓) a building supported on pillars projecting over a river; a mountain hut supported on pillars
- 吊梯 a rope ladder
- 吊诡矜奇(弔詭矜奇) strange and paradoxical
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- 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 28
- 哀弔第十三 Volume 13: Laments and Condolences The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍 — count: 14
- 卷三百七十四 列傳第一百三十三 張九成 胡銓 廖剛 李迨 趙開 Volume 374 Biographies 133: Zhang Jiucheng, Hu Quan, Liao Gang, Li Dai, Zhao Kai History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 13
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
- 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 10
- 卷11 志第6 禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 10
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 8
- 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 8
Collocations
- 人吊 (人吊) 周人吊 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 14
- 临吊 (臨吊) 上素服臨吊者再 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十一 匡張孔馬傳 Volume 81: Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma — count: 7
- 吊临 (吊臨) 敬吊臨賻賵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 7
- 君吊 (君吊) 君吊 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪服小記》 Record of Small Matters in the Dress of Mourning — count: 7
- 吊祠 (吊祠) 帝親吊祠 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 5
- 来吊 (來吊) 而後越人來吊 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 4
- 吊劳 (吊勞) 王吊勞士庶子 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 4
- 往吊 (往吊) 去父之殯而往吊 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
- 王吊 (王吊) 凡王吊臨 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
- 亲临吊 (親臨吊) 天子親臨吊者數至 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十四 翟方進傳 Volume 84: Zhai Fangjin — count: 3