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淘汰

táo tài

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

táo tài · tou4 taai3 (Jyutping)

  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

淘

Meaning
wash in a sieve; weed out
Radical
氵
Strokes
11
Components
⿰氵匋
Cangjie
EPOU
Four-corner
3712.0

汰

Meaning
excessive; scour, wash out
Radical
氵
Strokes
7
Components
⿰氵太
Cangjie
EKI
Four-corner
3413.0

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