淘
táo HSK7

wash in sieve

淘 táo
hunt for verb
to search for and buy bargains or second-hand items

他在古玩市场淘到了一件宝贝。

tā zài gǔ​wán shì​chǎng táo dào le yī jiàn bǎo​bèi.

He found a treasure in the antique market.

wash away verb
to scour, wash away, or erode by the action of water.

泥沙被不断上涨的河水淘走了。

ní​shā bèi bù​duàn shàng​zhǎng de hé​shuǐ táo zǒu le.

The silt was washed away by the rising river waters.

dredge verb
to dredge or scoop out sediment or waste from a container or waterbody

村里的人正在合力淘井。

cūn lǐ de rén zhèng​zài hé​lì táo jǐng.

The villagers are working together to clean out the well.

naughty verb
mischievous or poorly behaved

这孩子非常淘，总爱搞恶作剧。

zhè hái​zi fēi​cháng táo, zǒng ài gǎo è​zuò​jù.

This child is very naughty and always plays pranks.

wash verb
to wash rice, sand, or similar items in water to remove impurities

做饭前要先把米淘干净。

zuò​fàn qián yào xiān bǎ mǐ táo gān​jìng.

Rinse the rice clean before cooking.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,499th most common 19.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,263rd most common 64.1 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.06 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
57.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6DD8

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