套
tào HSK2

cover

套 tào
set measure word
classifier for sets, collections, suits, or apartments

我买了一套新西装。

wǒ mǎi le yī tào xīn xī​zhuāng.

I bought a new suit.

set of behavior measure word
a specific way of behaving, speaking, or acting, often implying a set routine or persona.

他总是用那一套来应付上级。

tā zǒng​shì yòng nà yī tào lái yìng​fu shàng​jí.

He always uses that same old routine to deal with his superiors.

overlap verb
to overlap, interleave, or wear one thing over another

毛衣外面又套了一件大衣。

máo​yī wài​miàn yòu tào le yī jiàn dà​yī.

He wore a coat over his sweater.

bend noun
a bend of a river or mountain range, used in place names

河套平原物产丰富。

hé tào píng​yuán wù​chǎn fēng​fù.

The Hetao Plain is rich in natural resources.

elicit verb
to fish for information or obtain something via trickery or cleverness

他想套出我的心里话。

tā xiǎng tào chū wǒ de xīn​li​huà.

He tried to fish for my inner thoughts.

harness noun
a harness, loop of rope, or to hitch up an animal

把马套上车。

bǎ mǎ tào shàng chē.

Hitch the horse to the wagon.

tau noun
the Greek letter Tau (Τ, τ)

在数学公式中，我们常用希腊字母套来表示常数。

zài shù​xué gōng​shì zhōng, wǒ​men cháng​yòng Xī​là zì​mǔ tào lái biǎo​shì cháng​shù.

In mathematical formulas, we often use the Greek letter tau to represent constants.

copy idiom
to model after, copy, or apply a fixed formula

写文章不能生搬硬套。

xiě wén​zhāng bù néng shēng​bān​yìng​tào.

One cannot simply copy and paste mechanically when writing articles.

cover noun
to cover, encase, or a sheath/cover

他在书上加了一个书套。

tā zài shū shàng jiā le yī gè shū​tào.

He put a book jacket on the book.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,091st most common 135.9 per million
Movie subtitles
795th most common 158.2 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
113.8 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
201.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5957

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)