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掏 - tāo

take out; pull out; clean out

take out; pull out; clean out

How to read 掏

Click 掏 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyintāo
Englishtake out; pull out; clean out
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

掏出 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 掏包. Please read 掏空 one more time.

Common words with this character

to fish out; to take out
to pick pockets
to hollow out; to empty out; to use up
to remove earwax with an ear pick

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 掏 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 掏出 and 掏包 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 掏.