HSK 6 · Emotions

陶醉 táozuì “to be intoxicated (by)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 陶醉 means

  1. to be intoxicated (by)
  2. to revel in
  3. to be infatuated with
  4. to be drunk with
  5. to be enchanted with

How to say 陶醉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陶táo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale醉zuì4th tone, falling

陶醉 in a sentence

  1. 大家都陶醉在美妙的音乐中。

    Dàjiā dōu táozuì zài měimiào de yīnyuè zhōng.

    Everyone was carried away by the beautiful music.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他陶醉于自己的成功。

    Tā táozuì yú zìjǐ de chénggōng.

    He revelled in his own success.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陶醉 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 陶 (táo) with each of its parts in a different colour
陶táopottery
  • 阝place
  • 匋pottery · táo
The character 醉 (zuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
醉zuìintoxicated
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 卒soldier · zúSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 卒 (zú) hints at the sound. Compare it with zuì.

How to write 陶醉

陶 10 strokes · 醉 15 strokes

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

Words related to 陶醉

Words with 陶

熏陶xūntáo · to nurture陶瓷táocí · ceramics

Words with 醉

醉zuì · drunk麻醉mázuì · anaesthesia

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

舒畅shūchàng · happy疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart思念sīniàn · to miss叹气tànqì · to sigh体谅tǐliàng · to be understanding唾弃tuòqì · to spurn惋惜wǎnxī · to regret畏惧wèijù · to fear

FAQs

陶醉 (táozuì) means “to be intoxicated (by)” or “to revel in”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it táozuì: táo with a 2nd tone, then zuì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 陶醉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taozui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陶醉 from the suggestions. Typing taozui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陶醉 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.