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淘
táo
1. to wash
2. to clean out
3. to cleanse
4. to eliminate
5. to dredge
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

淘
táo
to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (16)

淘客
táokè
talk (loanword)
淘析
táoxī
to strain
淘气
táoqì
naughty
HSK 5
淘汰
táotài
to wash out
HSK 6
淘河
táohé
pelican
淘洗
táoxǐ
to wash
淘神
táoshén
troublesome
淘箩
táoluó
basket (for washing rice)
淘米
táomǐ
to rinse rice
淘选
táoxuǎn
to decant
淘金
táojīn
to pan for gold
小淘气
xiǎotáoqì
rascal
淘宝网
TáobǎoWǎng
Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping
淘汰赛
táotàisài
a knock-out competition
淘金潮
táojīncháo
gold rush
淘金者
táojīnzhě
gold panner

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,498
Word Frequency Rank
6,872 of 84,292