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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
裁汰
cáitài
to cut back
裁汰
cáitài
to cut back
汰
tài
to discard / to eliminate
汰
tài
to discard / to eliminate
埋汰
máitai
(dialect) dirty / to mock sb
埋汰
máitai
(dialect) dirty / to mock sb
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)
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
甄汰
zhēntài
to eliminate by examination
甄汰
zhēntài
to eliminate by examination
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