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tāo

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tāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tāo | tao1
English translation
to fish out (from pocket)
to scoop
variant of tāo [tāo]
to take out; to pull out; to clean out

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About tāo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

tāo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of tāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌匋

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

táo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and táo represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using tāo

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闯进 chuǎng jìn lái de rén 突然 tūrán Cóng de 口袋 kǒu dài tāo chū Dāo lái .

The intruder whipped out a knife from his pocket.

竟敢 jìng gǎn zài 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì 之下 zhī xià tāo Bāo .

He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.

钞票 chāopiào féng 这样 zhè yàng 结实 jiēshí , 还缀内衣 nèi yī , dào 商场 shāng chǎng wǎng chū tāo ?

The bill sew fructify so, underwear in, arrive the market go toward?

Cóng 口袋 kǒu dài , tāo chū le Méi liǎng Máo 五分 Qián 硬币 yìng bì .

He took a twenty - five cent piece out of his pocket.

鸿 hóng jiān tāo 手帕 shǒu pà hán ,叹口.

Hung - chien pulled out his handkerchief to wipe the sweat away and heaved a sigh.

Words with tāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tāo to scoop tāo
掏空 tāo kōng to hollow out掏空 tāo kōng
掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo

tāo Decomposition & Compounds

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tāo Decomposition

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