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táo

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táo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
táo | tao2
English translation
to wash
to clean out
to cleanse
to eliminate
to dredge
to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out

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About táo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

táo

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of táo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵匋

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

táo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and táo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using táo

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另外 lìngwài yǒu 东东 dōng dōng zài 各地 gè dì de táo pǐn , 一样 yīyàng 拥有 yōngyǒu 别样 bié yàng 风格 fēnggé .

Dongdong moreover has in place washing, equally has the different kind style.

zhè liǎ 小家伙淘得要命 yàomìng , xiǎn 积极 jījí ya , hēi !

Mischievous little beggars they are, both of them, but talk about keenness!

zhēn 淘气 táoqì ,竟然 jìngrán māo 尾巴 wěiba .

It is naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.

这个 zhè ge 淘气鬼, Bié māo de 尾巴 wěiba le .

You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat's tail.

这部 jiù 缝纫机 féng rèn jī 大概 dàgài dào le bèi 淘汰 táotài de 时候 shíhou le .

It's about time this old sewing machine was put out to pasture.

Words with táo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
淘汰 táotài to wash out淘汰 táotài
táo to wash táo
淘气 táoqì naughty淘氣
淘金 táo jīn to pan for gold淘金 táo jīn
淘汰赛 táo tài sài a knockout competition淘汰賽
小淘气 Xiǎo táo qì Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero小淘氣
淘米 táo mǐ to rinse rice淘米 táo mǐ
淘金者 táo jīn zhě gold panner淘金者 táo jīn zhě
海淘 hǎi táo online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas海淘 hǎi táo
淘箩 táo luó basket (for washing rice)淘籮
淘析 táo xī to strain淘析 táo xī

táo Decomposition & Compounds

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táo Decomposition

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