挤掉

擠掉

jǐdiào

verb #33,001

Meanings

1 to crowd out; to squeeze out (someone or something)
2 to push aside (a competitor, an item from a list)

Characters

to squeeze; to crowd

to fall; off / away (resultative)

Examples

HSK 6

他在最后一轮把对手挤掉了。

Tā zài zuìhòu yī lún bǎ duìshǒu jǐdiào le.

He squeezed out his rival in the final round.

HSK 7-9

新功能挤掉了原本的菜单选项。

Xīn gōngnéng jǐdiào le yuánběn de càidān xuǎnxiàng.

The new feature crowded out the original menu option.

Tips

grammar

挤掉 follows the V-掉 pattern (verb + resultative 掉 'off/away'), meaning the action successfully removes the object. Compare 扔掉 (throw away), 删掉 (delete), 吃掉 (eat up), 忘掉 (forget). 挤 alone is 'to squeeze/crowd', so 挤掉 is 'squeeze out and gone'.

Stroke Order

挤 jǐ

掉 diào