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脱

tuō

HSK 4 Character Traditional 脫

What 脱 means

1. to shed
2. to take off
3. to escape
4. to get away from

Example sentences

• 我脱衣服。
  Wǒ tuōyīfú.
  I'm undressing.
• 他脱了背心。
  Tā tuō le bèixīn.
  He took off the wife-beater.
• 我在脱衣服。
  I'm undressing.
• 我想摆脱它。
  I want to get rid of it.
• 把袜子脱掉。
  Take off your socks.
• 把衣服脱掉！
  Take off your clothes!

Words starting with 脱

• 脱离tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine)
• 脱下tuō xiàto take off (clothing)
• 脱掉tuō diàoto remove; to take off; to strip off
• 脱口而出tuō kǒu ér chū(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
• 脱落tuō luòto drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out…
• 脱光tuō guāngto strip naked; to strip nude; (colloquial) to find oneself a partner
• 脱颖而出tuō yǐng ér chūto reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
• 脱身tuō shēnto get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself
• 脱去tuō qùto throw off
• 脱口tuō kǒuto blurt out
• 脱鞋tuō xiéto take off one's shoes
• 脱产tuō chǎnto transfer (from production to other duties); to take leave (for study or other job)…
• 脱胎换骨tuō tāi huàn gǔto shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist…
• 脱节tuō jiéto come apart
• 脱俗tuō súfree from vulgarity; refined; outstanding
• 脱水tuō shuǐto dry out; to extract water; dehydration
• 脱手tuō shǒu(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload
• 脱险tuō xiǎnto get out of danger
• 脱贫tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
• 脱出tuō chūto break away; to extricate; to escape
• 脱发tuō fàto lose one's hair; hair loss; alopecia
• 脱销tuō xiāoto sell out; to run out (of supplies); deficient
• 脱胎tuō tāito be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc)…
• 脱力tuō lìexhausted

Words containing 脱

• 摆脱bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of
• 解脱jiě tuōto untie; to free; to absolve of
• 逃脱táo tuōto run away; to escape
• 挣脱zhèng tuōto throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. zhēng tuō
• 洒脱sǎ tuofree and at ease; natural; unconstrained
• 超脱chāo tuōto stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness
• 虚脱xū tuōto collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood); heat exhaustion
• 开脱kāi tuōto exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate
• 推脱tuī tuōto evade; to shirk
• 拉脱维亚Lā tuō wéi yàLatvia
• 活脱脱huó tuō tuōremarkably alike
• 出脱chū tuōto manage to sell; to dispose of sth (by selling); to get property off one's hands
• 品脱pǐn tuōpint (approx. 0.47 liter) (loanword)
• 洗脱xǐ tuōto cleanse; to purge; to wash away
• 活脱huó tuōremarkably alike
• 白脱bái tuō(loanword) butter
• 松脱sōng tuōloose; flaking
• 半脱产bàn tuō chǎnpartly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work
• 密斯脱mì sī tuōmister (loanword)
• 通脱木tōng tuō mùrice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
• 开脱罪责kāi tuō zuì zéto absolve sb from guilt; to exonerate; to exculpate
• 跳脱tiào tuō(Taiwan) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc); to move beyond; to transcend
• 密室逃脱mì shì táo tuōescape room
• 白脱牛奶bái tuō niú nǎibuttermilk

Characters built on 月

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

• 惰duòlazy
• 朔shuòbeginning; first day of lunar month; north
• 蠃luǒused in 蜾蠃
• 胙zuòto grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing
• 脞cuǒchopped meat; trifles

Characters that look like 脱

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

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 脆cuìbrittle; fragile; crisp
• 舰jiànwarship
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 酕máoused in 酕醄

Sounds the same

Read tuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 托to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…
• 拖to drag; to tow; to trail
• 讬nonstandard simplified variant of 托
• 侂(literary) to entrust (variant of 托
• 圫(used in place names)
• 沰to let drop
• 饦used in 馎饦
• 馲camel; Taiwan pr. luò
• 𱇏used in 土𱇏鱼
• 乇old variant of 托