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逃

táo

HSK 5 Character

What 逃 means

1. to escape
2. to run away
3. to flee

Example sentences

• 逃避现实。
  Escape from reality.
• 你别想逃！
  Don't try to escape!
• 他逃掉了。
  He escaped.
• 她逃掉了。
  She escaped.
• 他携款潜逃。
  Tā xiékuǎn qiántáo.
  He absconded with the money.
• 我试图逃跑。
  I tried to escape.

Words starting with 逃

• 逃避táo bìto escape; to evade; to avoid
• 逃跑táo pǎoto flee from sth; to run away; to escape
• 逃离táo líto run out; to escape
• 逃走táo zǒuto escape; to flee; to run away
• 逃脱táo tuōto run away; to escape
• 逃亡táo wángto flee; to go into exile
• 逃课táo kèto skip class
• 逃生táo shēngto flee for one's life
• 逃学táo xuéto play truant; to cut classes
• 逃命táo mìngto escape; to flee; to run for one's life
• 逃难táo nànto run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
• 逃窜táo cuànto run away; to flee in disarray
• 逃逸táo yìto escape; to run away; to abscond
• 逃往táo wǎngto run away; to go into exile
• 逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāoto escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime)…
• 逃犯táo fànescaped criminal; fugitive from the law
• 逃兵táo bīngarmy deserter
• 逃税táo shuìto evade a tax
• 逃债táo zhàito dodge a creditor
• 逃单táo dānto dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill
• 逃婚táo hūnto flee to avoid an arranged marriage
• 逃席táo xíto leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)
• 逃废táo fèito evade (repayment of debts)
• 逃港táo Gǎngto flee to Hong Kong; exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s)…

Words containing 逃

• 在逃zài táoto be at large (of a criminal)
• 外逃wài táoto flee abroad; to run away; to desert
• 出逃chū táoto run away; to flee (the country)
• 潜逃qián táoto abscond; to slink off
• 落荒而逃luò huāng ér táoto flee in defeat; to bolt
• 叛逃pàn táoto defect
• 死里逃生sǐ lǐ táo shēngmortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape…
• 奔逃bēn táoto flee; to run away
• 卷逃juǎn táoto bundle up valuables and abscond
• 脱逃tuō táoto run away; to escape
• 惊逃jīng táoto stampede
• 大逃港Dà Táo Gǎngexodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s)
• 密室逃脱mì shì táo tuōescape room
• 望风而逃wàng fēng ér táoto flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
• 弃保潜逃qì bǎo qián táoto jump bail
• 法网难逃fǎ wǎng nán táoit is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
• 无路可逃wú lù kě táono way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue
• 资本外逃zī běn wài táooutflow of capital
• 难逃法网nán táo fǎ wǎngIt is hard to escape the dragnet of the law; the long arm of the law
• 仓皇出逃cāng huáng chū táoto run off in a great panic (idiom)
• 劫数难逃jié shù nán táoDestiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
• 溃逃kuì táoto flee in disorder
• 畏罪潜逃wèi zuì qián táoto flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice
• 肇事逃逸zhào shì táo yìhit-and-run

Characters that look like 逃

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

• 途túway; route; road
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 逛guàngto stroll; to visit
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 迥jiǒngdistant
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅

Sounds the same

Read táo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 萄used in 葡萄
• 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