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HSK 6
HSK 6
汰
tài
to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive
🔤 Pictophonetic:
氵 (water) provides meaning, 太 provides pronunciation
Words Using 汰 (10)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
淘汰
táotài
to wash out / elimination (by selection) / natural selection / to knock out (in a competition) / to die out / to phase out
6
淘汰
táotài
to wash out / elimination (by selection) / natural selection / to knock out (in a competition) / to die out / to phase out
优胜劣汰
yōushèngliètài
survival of the fittest (idiom)
6
优胜劣汰
yōushèngliètài
survival of the fittest (idiom)
劣汰
liètài
elimination of the weakest
劣汰
liètài
elimination of the weakest
埋汰
máitai
(dialect) dirty / to mock sb
埋汰
máitai
(dialect) dirty / to mock sb
淘汰赛
táotàisài
a knock-out competition
淘汰赛
táotàisài
a knock-out competition
涤汰
dítài
to wash away / to eradicate
涤汰
dítài
to wash away / to eradicate
汰
tài
to discard / to eliminate
汰
tài
to discard / to eliminate
汰旧换新
tàijiùhuànxīn
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
汰旧换新
tàijiùhuànxīn
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
甄汰
zhēntài
to eliminate by examination
甄汰
zhēntài
to eliminate by examination
裁汰
cáitài
to cut back
裁汰
cáitài
to cut back
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰氵太
i
Component Tree i
unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
3 strokes
unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
tài
太
very, too much; big; extreme
💡 Ideographic:
A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale
4 strokes
HSK 1