坠 (zhuì): to fall, to drop, to weigh down
坠 (zhuì) is a Chinese character meaning “to fall.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 队 (phonetic) and 土 (semantic). It ranks #2223 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 坠 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- to fall
- to drop
- to weigh down
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坠入 | zhuì rù | to drop into |
| 坠毁verb | zhuì huǐ | (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash |
| 坠落verb | zhuì luò | to fall |
| 坠机verb | zhuì jī | airplane crash |
| 摇摇欲坠phrase | yáo yáo yù zhuì | tottering |
| 下坠verb | xià zhuì | (of objects) to fall |
| 天花乱坠phrase | tiān huā luàn zhuì | (lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) |
| 坠子 | zhuì zi | weight |
| 坠入情网 | zhuì rù qíng wǎng | to fall in love |
| 坠入爱河 | zhuì rù ài hé | to fall in love |
| 耳坠子noun | ěr zhuì zi | eardrops (pendant jewelry) |
| 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 east |
| 坠马verb | zhuì mǎ | to fall off a horse |
| 坠海verb | zhuì hǎi | to fall into the ocean |
| 失坠 | shī zhuì | loss |
坠 appears in 27 compound words: 56 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 坠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这座古坠已经有两千多年的历史了。
zhè zuò gǔ zhuì yǐ jīng yǒu liǎng qiān duō nián de lì shǐ le .
This ancient pendant has a history of over two thousand years.
东京晴空塔爆电梯急坠事故 约20人受困5.5小时 1200游...
dōng jīng qíng kōng tǎ bào diàn tī jí zhuì shì gù yuē 2 0 rén shòu kùn 5 . 5 xiǎo shí 1 2 0 0 yóu . . .
Tokyo Skytree explosion elevator crash about 20 people trapped for 5.5 hours 1200 tours...
东京晴空塔爆电梯急坠事故 约20人受困 大批游客滞留观景台
dōng jīng qíng kōng tǎ bào diàn tī jí zhuì shì gù yuē 2 0 rén shòu kùn dà pī yóu kè zhì liú guàn jǐng tái
Tokyo Skytree exploded and fell sharply, about 20 people were trapped, and a large number of tourists were stranded at the observation deck
中国观光巴士坠湖酿8死 旅团业者未注册
zhōng guó guàn guāng bā shì zhuì hú niàng 8 sǐ lǚ tuán yè zhě wèi zhù cè
China's sightseeing bus fell into the lake and caused 8 deaths, and the tour operator was not registered
男子骑车出游经南横疑自撞护栏 坠边坡送医不治
nán zǐ qí chē chū yóu jīng nán héng yí zì zhuàng hù lán zhuì biān pō sòng yī bù zhì
The man was riding a bicycle through South Heng and was suspected of crashing into a guardrail and falling down a slope and was taken to hospital where he died
你的灵魂已坠进了地狱。
Nǐ de línghún yǐ zhuì jìn le dìyù.
Your soul has been condemned to hell.
她曾经坠入过爱河吗 ?
Tā céngjīng zhuìrù guo àihé ma?
Has she ever fallen in love?
她不会乘飞机因为害怕坠机。
Tā bùhuì chéng fēijī yīnwèi hàipà zhuìjī.
She won't take an airplane for fear of a crash.
根据电视新闻，一架飞机在印度坠毁了。
Gēnjù diànshì xīnwén, yī jià fēijī zài Yìndù zhuìhuǐ le.
According to TV news, there was a plane crash in India.
我会给你这个坠饰。
Wǒ huì gěi nǐ zhège zhuìshì.
I'll give you this pendant.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
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