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萄

táo

HSK 4 Character

What 萄 means

1. used in {葡萄|pú tao}

Example sentences

• 我来自葡萄牙。
  Wǒ láizì Pútáoyá.
  I am from Portugal.
• 他是葡萄牙人。
  Tā shì Pútáoyárén.
  He is Portuguese.
• 她是葡萄牙人。
  Tā shì Pútáoyárén.
  She is Portuguese.
• 我喜欢葡萄酒。
  I like wine.
• 葡萄酒帮助消化。
  Pútaojiǔ bāngzhù xiāohuà.
  Wine helps with digestion.
• 她会说葡萄牙语。
  Tā huì shuō Pútáoyáyǔ.
  She can speak Portuguese.

Words containing 萄

• 葡萄pú taogrape
• 葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ(grape) wine
• 葡萄牙Pú táo yáPortugal
• 葡萄糖pú tao tángglucose C6H12O6
• 葡萄园pú tao yuánvineyard
• 葡萄牙语Pú táo yá yǔPortuguese (language)
• 葡萄干pú tao gānraisin; dried grape
• 葡萄弹pú tao dàngrapeshot
• 葡萄语Pú táo yǔPortuguese (language)
• 葡萄干儿pú tao gān rraisin
• 葡萄牙人Pú táo yá rénPortuguese (person)
• 葡萄牙文Pú táo yá wénPortuguese (language)
• 树葡萄shù pú taojaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree
• 葡萄树pú tao shùgrapevine
• 酸葡萄suān pú tao(fig.) sour grapes
• 说葡萄酸shuō pú tao suānsour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat…
• 葡萄球菌pú tao qiú jūnstaphylococcus
• 葡萄紫pú tao zǐgrayish purple color
• 葡萄汁pú táo zhīgrape juice
• 氨基葡萄糖ān jī pú tao tángglucosamine (C6H13NO5)
• 葡萄糖胺pú tao táng ànglucosamine (C6H13NO5); also written 氨基葡萄糖
• 葡萄藤pú tao ténggrapevine (botany)
• 葡萄胸鸭pú táo xiōng yā(bird species of China) American wigeon (Anas americana)
• 葡萄柚pú táo yòugrapefruit

Characters built on 匋

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

• 陶táopottery; pleased
• 淘táoto wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 掏tāoto fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 啕táo(bound form) to wail

Characters that look like 萄

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

• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 莓méi(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read táo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逃to escape; to run away; to flee
• 淘to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge…
• 桃peach
• 陶pottery; pleased
• 啕(bound form) to wail
• 洮to cleanse; name of a river
• 匋pottery
• 咷wail
• 绹bind; cord; twist
• 醄used in 酕醄
• 𫘦used in 騊駼
• 梼dunce; blockhead