HSK 5 · Food

桃 táo “peach” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 桃 means

  1. peach

How to say 桃

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale桃táo2nd tone, rising

桃 in a sentence

  1. 我在我的院子里种了棵桃树。

    Wǒ zài wǒ de yuànzi lǐ zhòng le kē táoshù.

    I planted a peach tree in my backyard.

    Sentence #5983603 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 桃子的皮很容易破。

    Táozi de pí hěn róngyì pò.

    Peach skin breaks easily.

    Sentence #13539457 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你要苹果还是桃子？

    Nǐ yào píngguǒ háishi táozi?

    Would you like an apple or a peach?

    Sentence #8824203 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 桃 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 桃 (táo) with each of its parts in a different colour
桃táopeach
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 兆omen · zhàoSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 兆 (zhào) hints at the sound. Compare it with táo.

How to write 桃

桃 10 strokes

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桃 (táo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 桃 (táo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 桃

More words: Food & Dining

零食língshí · between-meal nibbles馒头mántou · steamed roll食物shíwù · food蔬菜shūcài · vegetables土豆tǔdòu · potato胃口wèikǒu · appetite香肠xiāngcháng · sausage小麦xiǎomài · wheat

FAQs

桃 (táo) means “peach”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it táo: táo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 桃 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 桃 from the suggestions. Typing tao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
桃 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.