HSK 6 · Verbs

淘汰 táotài “to eliminate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 淘汰 means

  1. to eliminate
  2. to phase out
  3. to wash out
  4. (fig.) to cull
  5. to weed out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to die out

How to say 淘汰

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale淘táo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale汰tài4th tone, falling

淘汰 in a sentence

  1. 德国被韩国淘汰。

    Déguó bèi Hánguó táotài.

    Germany was knocked out by South Korea.

    Sentence #6967108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 淘汰 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 淘 (táo) with each of its parts in a different colour
淘táoto wash
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 匋pottery · táoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 匋 (táo) hints at the sound. Compare it with táo.

The character 汰 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
汰tàito discard
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 太very · tàiSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

How to write 淘汰

淘 11 strokes · 汰 7 strokes

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

Words related to 淘汰

Words with 淘

淘气táoqì · naughty

Words with 汰

优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

More words: Common Verbs

塑造sùzào · to shape塌tā · to collapse探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)掏tāo · to take out (from a pocket)舔tiǎn · to lick调和tiáohé · to reconcile调剂tiáojì · to adjust调节tiáojié · to adjust

FAQs

淘汰 (táotài) means “to eliminate” or “to phase out”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it táotài: táo with a 2nd tone, then tài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 淘汰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taotai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 淘汰 from the suggestions. Typing taotai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
淘汰 is an HSK 6 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.