Stroke Order · 7 strokes (click to expand)
Click the button below to start stroke animation
Character Decomposition
汰=氵+太
Etymology
water
Meanings
to discard
to eliminate
Loading examples…
Words with 汰 60 total
to cut back裁汰cái tài(dialect) dirty · to mock sb埋汰mái tai(literary) to eliminate; to delete删汰shān tàito wash out · (fig.) to cull · to weed out · to eliminate · to die out · to phase out淘汰táo tàielimination of the weak (cf. yōu shèng liè tài)劣汰liè tàito wash away · to eradicate涤汰dí tàito eliminate by examination甄汰zhēn tàia knockout competition淘汰赛táo tài sài(idiom) survival of the fittest优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tàisacking the worst-performing employee · elimination of the worst-performing contestant末位淘汰mò wèi táo tàiout with the old and in with the new (idiom)汰旧换新tài jiù huàn xīn
Want to practice speaking with a real teacher? Find a 1-on-1 Chinese tutor on italki (affiliate)