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桃

táo

HSK 5 Character

What 桃 means

1. peach

Example sentences

• 我有红桃Q。
  I have the queen of hearts.
• 去年桃子丰收。
  Qùnián táozi fēngshōu.
  There was a large harvest of peaches last year.
• 我猕猴桃过敏。
  Wǒ míhóutáo guòmǐn.
  I'm allergic to kiwi.
• 齐莉吃了桃子。
  Ziri ate peaches.
• 给我一公斤桃子。
  Gěi wǒ yī gōngjīn táozi.
  Give me a kilogram of peaches.
• 油桃的皮是滑的。
  The skin of nectarines is slippery.

Words starting with 桃

• 桃花táo huāpeach blossom; (fig.) love affair
• 桃子táo zipeach
• 桃园Táo yuánTaoyuan city and county in Taiwan
• 桃花源táo huā yuánthe Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity; utopia
• 桃树táo shùpeach tree
• 桃红táo hóngpink
• 桃李táo lǐ(literary) one's students
• 桃花运táo huā yùnluck with the ladies; a romance; good luck
• 桃色táo sèpink; peach color; illicit love
• 桃仁táo rénpeach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
• 桃心táo xīnheart symbol ♥
• 桃园市Táo yuán shìTaoyuan city in north Taiwan, capital of Taoyuan county
• 桃城区Táo chéng QūTaocheng, a district of Hengshui City 衡水市
• 桃太郎Táo tài lángMomotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale; (Taiwan) Japanese person
• 桃山区Táo shān QūTaoshan, a district of Qitaihe City 七台河市
• 桃江县Táo jiāng XiànTaojiang, a county in Yiyang City 益阳市
• 桃源县Táo yuán XiànTaoyuan, a county in Changde City 常德市
• 桃花扇Táo huā ShànThe Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong…
• 桃莉羊Táo lì yáng(Taiwan) Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic…
• 桃金娘táo jīn niángrose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
• 桃园结义táo yuán jié yìto make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三国演义
• 桃色新闻táo sè xīn wénsex scandal
• 桃色案件táo sè àn jiàncase involving sex scandal (law)
• 桃花心木táo huā xīn mùmahogany

Words containing 桃

• 樱桃yīng táocherry
• 核桃hé taowalnut
• 胡桃hú táowalnut
• 黑桃hēi táospade ♠ (in card games)
• 猕猴桃mí hóu táokiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry
• 夹竹桃jiā zhú táooleander (Nerium oleander)
• 蟠桃pán táoflat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach); the peaches of immortality kept by Xi…
• 仙桃xiān táothe peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
• 分桃fēn táohomosexual
• 寿桃shòu táo(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu; fresh or confectionery peaches offered…
• 杨桃yáng táocarambola; star fruit
• 油桃yóu táonectarine
• 红桃hóng táoheart ♥ (in card games)
• 蜜桃mì táohoney peach; juicy peach
• 仙桃市Xiān táo shìXiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
• 寿桃包shòu táo bāolongevity peach bun; birthday peach bun
• 山核桃shān hé taohickory
• 摘桃子zhāi táo zito harvest the fruits of sb else's labor
• 核桃仁hé tao rénwalnut kernel
• 水蜜桃shuǐ mì táohoney peach (juicy sweet peach variety)
• 烂桃花làn táo huāunhappy love affair
• 山胡桃木shān hú táo mùhickory
• 投桃报李tóu táo bào lǐtoss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor; to exchange gifts…
• 李代桃僵lǐ dài táo jiānglit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree…

Characters that look like 桃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 械xièappliance; tool; weapon
• 绒róngvelvet; woolen
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 赧nǎnblushing with shame

Sounds the same

Read táo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 萄used in 葡萄
• 逃to escape; to run away; to flee
• 淘to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 陶pottery; pleased
• 啕(bound form) to wail
• 洮to cleanse; name of a river
• 匋pottery
• 咷wail
• 绹bind; cord; twist
• 醄used in 酕醄
• 𫘦used in 騊駼
• 梼dunce; blockhead