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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

叼

diāo
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 叼 (diāo) means “to hold in the mouth”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to hold in the mouth

Stroke order

Examples

  • 小狗嘴里叼着一根骨头跑了过来。
    Xiǎogǒu zuǐ lǐ diāozhe yì gēn gǔtou pǎole guòlái.
    The puppy ran over holding a bone in its mouth.

Characters

叼
diāo
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a