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淘气

táo qì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 淘氣

淘气 (táo qì) means "naughty". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 淘气 means

1. naughty
2. mischievous

The characters in 淘气

• 淘táoto wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 我受不了淘气的小孩。
  Wǒ shòubùliǎo táoqì de xiǎohái.
  I can't stand naughty children.

Words containing 淘气

• 小淘气xiǎo táo qìrascal

Sounds the same

Read táo qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陶器pottery

Where 淘气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · táo–tí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read táo qì correctly.
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