打掉

dǎdiào

verb

Meanings

1 to knock off; to knock out
2 to bust (a gang); to wipe out
3 to abort (a pregnancy)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

她怀孕了，男朋友却想让她把孩子打掉。

Tā huáiyùn le, nánpéngyou què xiǎng ràng tā bǎ háizi dǎdiào.

She got pregnant, but her boyfriend wanted her to get rid of the baby.

HSK 7-9

他一巴掌打掉了我手里的手机。

Tā yì bāzhang dǎdiào le wǒ shǒulǐ de shǒujī.

With one slap he knocked the phone out of my hand.

HSK 7-9

这次行动一共打掉了三个贩毒团伙。

Zhè cì xíngdòng yígòng dǎdiào le sān ge fàndú tuánhuǒ.

The operation broke up three drug-trafficking gangs in all.

Tips

register

The abortion sense is blunt and colloquial: 把孩子打掉. The neutral or medical words are 人流 and 堕胎. In police news, 打掉 a gang means breaking it up completely.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

掉 diào