淘 (tou4 | tao2) : wash away; dredge

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淘

tou4

tao2

[1] [v] wash away the impurities
[2] [v] dredge; clean out; scour
[3] [v] tax one\'s energy
[4] [adj] naughty; mischievous

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

淘

This word has been viewed 4287 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Dec 2010 14:04

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淘氣 tou4 hei3 tao2 qi4 = naughty; bad

淘汰 tou4 taai3 tao2 tai4 = to eliminate; to die out; to be superseded

淘汰賽 tou4 taai3 coi3 tao2 tai4 sai4 = knockout tournament

淘米 tou4 mai5 tao2 mi3 = to wash and clean rice before cooking

淘古井 tou4 gu2 zeng2 = marry a rich widow 粵

小淘氣 siu2 tou4 hei3 xiao3 tao2 qi4 = slang for a rascal or a brat (referring to one's own children)

被淘汰 bei6 tou4 taai3 = to be eliminated through competition; to weed something or somebody out

淘金 tou4 gam1 tao2 jin1 = panning (for precious metals)

淘陰溝 tou4 jam1 kau1 tao2 yin1 gou1 = clean out a drain

淘金者 tou4 gam1 ze2 tao2 jin1 zhe3 = gold prospector; one who pans for gold
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 淘
Unicode code for this character: U+6dd8 (off-site link)

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