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套
tào
1. cover
2. sheath
3. to encase
4. a case
5. to overlap
6. to interleave
7. bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
8. harness
9. classifier for sets, collections
10. tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

套
tào
case, cover, envelope, wrapper
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

一套
yītào
suit
乱套
luàntào
in a mess
俗套
sútào
conventional patterns
全套
quántào
an entire set
卸套
xiètào
to loosen a yoke
单套
dāntào
single set
圈套
quāntào
trap
HSK 6
外套
wàitào
coat
套作
tàozuò
intercropping
套儿
tàor
(coll.) loop of rope
套利
tàolì
arbitrage
套包
tàobāo
collar part of horse harness
套汇
tàohuì
illegal currency exchange
套印
tàoyìn
color printing using several overlayed images
套取
tàoqǔ
to acquire fraudulently
套问
tàowèn
to sound sb out
套套
tàotao
methods
套娃
tàowá
matryoshka (Russian nested doll)
套子
tàozi
sheath
套房
tàofáng
suite

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,090
Word Frequency Rank
1,489 of 84,292

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