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滔

tāo

HSK 6 Character

What 滔 means

1. bound formto inundate; deluge; torrent

Example sentences

• 山坡让滔滔的洪水往西流
  Shānpō ràng tāotāo de hóngshuǐ wǎng xī liú
  The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.
• 山坡让滔滔的洪水往西流。
  The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.

Words starting with 滔

• 滔滔不绝tāo tāo bù jué(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
• 滔滔tāo tāotorrential
• 滔天tāo tiān(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
• 滔天大罪tāo tiān dà zuìheinous crime

Words containing 滔

• 黄滔Huáng TāoHuang Tao (840-911), late Tang poet
• 洪水滔滔hóng shuǐ tāo tāo(idiom) to have flooding over a vast area
• 罪恶滔天zuì è tāo tiān(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes

Characters built on 舀

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

• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 韬tāobow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy

Characters that look like 滔

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

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 焰yànflame
• 溅jiànto splash
• 溺nìto drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 嫖piáoto visit a prostitute
• 潴zhūpool; pond

Sounds the same

Read tāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涛big wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 掏to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 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