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涛

tāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 濤

What 涛 means

1. big wave
2. Taiwan pr. táo

Example sentences

• 谁知道胡锦涛的生日？
  Shéizhīdào Hú Jǐntāo de shēngrì?
  Who knows Hu Jintao's birthday?
• 普京对胡锦涛说：“咱们必须帮吉尔吉斯斯坦”……不过那只是在我梦里的情形。
  Pǔjīng duì Hú Jǐntāo shuō:"zánmen bìxū bāng Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn "…… bùguò nà zhǐshì zài wǒ mèng lǐ de qíngxing.
  "We need to help Kyrgyzstan," said Putin to Hu Jintao... in my dream.

Words containing 涛

• 波涛汹涌bō tāo xiōng yǒngwaves surging forth; roaring sea
• 胡锦涛Hú Jǐn tāoHu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
• 波涛bō tāobillows; great waves; surging waves
• 惊涛骇浪jīng tāo hài làngperilous situation
• 浪涛làng tāoocean wave; billows
• 世涛shì tāostout (beer) (loanword)
• 石涛Shí TāoShi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and poet
• 惊涛jīng tāoraging waves; stormy waves

Characters built on 寿

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

• 祷dǎoprayer; pray; supplication
• 焘dàocover over; to envelope
• 梼táodunce; blockhead

Characters that look like 涛

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 烯xīalkene
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read tāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 掏to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 滔(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
• 叨to receive the benefit of
• 韬bow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy
• 绦braid; cord; sash
• 饕(literary) greedy; gluttonous
• 弢bow case; to cover
• 縚braid; cord; sash
• 慆rejoice
• 焘used in given names