坠
to fall; to drop; to weigh down
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,077 U+5760
How 坠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 队 (phonetic, duì)
How to remember it
plunge · Heisig RSH #1068
队 team + ground
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 坠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金乌西坠，玉兔东升 | jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng | lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the e… |
| 坠入情网 | zhuì rù qíng wǎng | to fall in love |
| 天花乱坠 | tiān huā luàn zhuì | (lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); (fig.) extravagant embellishments; hype |
| 坠入爱河 | zhuì rù ài hé | to fall in love |
| 耳坠子 | ěr zhuì zi | eardrops (pendant jewelry); earrings; CL:對|对[dui4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 坠子 | zhuì zi | weight; pendant; same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]; ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2… |
| 坠马 | zhuì mǎ | to fall off a horse |
| 坠海 | zhuì hǎi | to fall into the ocean; to crash into the ocean |
| 坠机 | zhuì jī | airplane crash |
| 下坠 | xià zhuì | (of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus |
| 坠入 | zhuì rù | to drop into; to fall into |
| 失坠 | shī zhuì | loss |
| 坠落 | zhuì luò | to fall; to drop |
| 击坠 | jī zhuì | to shoot down |
| 坠胡 | zhuì hú | two-stringed bowed instrument; also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2] |
| 摇摇欲坠 | yáo yáo yù zhuì | tottering; on the verge of collapse |
| 坠楼 | zhuì lóu | to fall off or jump off a building |
| 吊坠 | diào zhuì | a pendant (jewelry) |
| 坠琴 | zhuì qín | same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] |
| 累坠 | léi zhui | variant of 累贅|累赘[lei2 zhui5] |