溜掉

liūdiào

verb #19,781

Meanings

1 to slip away
2 to sneak off

Characters

to slip; to sneak

away (resultative complement)

Examples

HSK 2

别让他溜掉！

Bié ràng tā liūdiào!

Don't let him sneak off!

HSK 7-9

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.

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