溜掉

liūdiào

verb #19,781

Meanings

1 to slip away
2 to sneak off

Characters

to slip; to sneak

away (resultative complement)

Examples

趁大家不注意，他悄悄溜掉了。

Chèn dàjiā bù zhùyì, tā qiāoqiāo liūdiào le.

While nobody was paying attention, he quietly slipped away.

别让他溜掉！

Bié ràng tā liūdiào!

Don't let him sneak off!

Tips

usage

溜掉 implies stealth — sneaking away unnoticed. Compare 跑掉 which just means 'to run away' without the stealth connotation.

Stroke Order

溜 liū

掉 diào