Chinese words starting with “tao”
24 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable tao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial t · final ao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 3
- 2nd tone 15
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 讨论tǎo lùnHSK 2
to discuss; to talk over
- 讨厌tǎo yànHSK 5
to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
All 24 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 套 | tào | q,v,g | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 2 | 逃 | táo | v,vn | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 3 | 淘汰 | táo tài | v,vn | to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out | |
| 4 | 讨 | tǎo | v | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 5 | 逃避 | táo bì | v,vn | to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk | |
| 6 | 逃跑 | táo pǎo | v | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape | |
| 7 | 掏 | tāo | v | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 8 | 桃 | táo | n | peach | |
| 9 | 逃走 | táo zǒu | v | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 10 | 淘 | táo | v | to wash; to clean out; to cleanse; to eliminate; to dredge | |
| 11 | 陶瓷 | táo cí | n | pottery and porcelain; ceramics | |
| 12 | 讨好 | tǎo hǎo | v | to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor | |
| 13 | 逃亡 | táo wáng | v | to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive | |
| 14 | 逃生 | táo shēng | v | to flee for one's life | |
| 15 | 掏钱 | tāo qián | v | to pay; to spend money; to fork out | |
| 16 | 套餐 | tào cān | n | set meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) | |
| 17 | 讨价还价 | tǎo jià huán jià | v | to haggle over price; to bargain | |
| 18 | 陶醉 | táo zuì | v | to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in | |
| 19 | 淘气 | táo qì | a | naughty; mischievous | |
| 20 | 桃花 | táo huā | n | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair | |
| 21 | 滔滔不绝 | tāo tāo bù jué | v | unceasing torrent (idiom); talking non-stop; gabbling forty to the dozen | |
| 22 | 桃树 | táo shù | n | peach tree | |
| 23 | 陶冶 | táo yě | v | lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate | |
| 24 | 讨人喜欢 | tǎo rén xǐ huan | to attract people's affection; charming; delightful |
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