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涛
濤
tāo
1. big wave
2. Taiwan pr. <táo>
Common • Top 19%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

涛
tāo
large waves
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (9)

波涛
bōtāo
great waves
HSK 6
浪涛
làngtāo
ocean wave
石涛
ShíTāo
Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
惊涛
jīngtāo
raging waves
胡锦涛
HúJǐntāo
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, President of the PRC 2003-2013
波涛汹涌
bōtāoxiōngyǒng
waves surging forth
波涛磷磷
bōtāolínlín
variant of [[波濤粼粼|波涛粼粼<bōtāolínlín>]]
波涛粼粼
bōtāolínlín
crystalline waves (idiom)
惊涛骇浪
jīngtāohàilàng
perilous situation

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,053
Word Frequency Rank
16,075 of 84,292

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