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汰

tài

HSK 6 Character

What 汰 means

1. to discard
2. to eliminate

Example sentences

• 德国被韩国淘汰。
  Déguó bèi Hánguó táotài.
  Germany was eliminated by South Korea.
• 在上一届世界杯上，新西兰在比赛中被墨西哥淘汰。
  Zài shàng yī jiè Shìjièbēi shàng, Xīnxīlán zài bǐsài zhōng bèi Mòxīgē táotài.
  In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.
• 共产主义失败了，而无产阶级专政现在也经被淘汰了。虽然资本主义逐渐取而代之，但现在的资本主义对于人类还是一个威胁。
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì shībài le, ér wúchǎnjiējí zhuānzhèng xiànzài yě jīng bèi táotài le. suīrán zīběnzhǔyì zhújiàn qǔ'érdàizhī, dàn xiànzài de zīběnzhǔyì duìyú rénlèi háishi yī gè wēixié.
  Since communism became obsolete and the dictatorship of the proletariat is out of date, capitalism proves to be the best so far, even though it itself is still a threat for humanity.
• 虽然公山羊羔经常因为无法产奶而被淘汰，但有时它们会被阉割，并作为「阉羊」留在羊群中。这种脖子上挂着铃铛的「领头羊」通常是羊群的领袖。
  Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

Words starting with 汰

• 汰旧换新tài jiù huàn xīnout with the old and in with the new (idiom)

Words containing 汰

• 淘汰táo tàito wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out
• 优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tài(idiom) survival of the fittest
• 删汰shān tài(literary) to eliminate; to delete
• 劣汰liè tàielimination of the weak (cf. 优胜劣汰
• 埋汰mái tai(dialect) dirty; to mock sb
• 裁汰cái tàito cut back
• 淘汰赛táo tài sàia knockout competition
• 末位淘汰mò wèi táo tàisacking the worst-performing employee; elimination of the worst-performing contestant
• 甄汰zhēn tàito eliminate by examination
• 涤汰dí tàito wash away; to eradicate

Characters built on 太

These share the phonetic component 太 (tài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 酞tàiphthalein (chemistry)
• 呔dāi(interjection) hey!; Taiwan pr. tai

Characters that look like 汰

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 沫mòfoam; suds
• 泼pōto splash; to spill; rough and coarse
• 炊chuīto cook food
• 佽cìnimble; to help
• 泷lóngrapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)

Sounds the same

Read tài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 太highest; greatest; too (much)
• 态(bound form); appearance; shape
• 泰safe; peaceful; most
• 肽peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
• 钛titanium (chemistry)
• 酞phthalein (chemistry)
• 忕extravagant; luxurious
• 忲variant of 忕