逃
táo HSK5

escape

逃 táo
flee verb
to run away from danger, a person, or a place of confinement

为了活命，受伤的野鹿拼命向森林深处逃去。

wèi​le huó​mìng, shòu​shāng de yě​lù pīn​mìng xiàng sēn​lín shēn​chù táo qù.

To survive, the injured wild deer fled desperately into the depths of the forest.

evade verb
to escape or shirk duties, responsibilities, or legal consequences

无论他躲到哪里，都逃不过法律的严厉制裁。

wú​lùn tā duǒ dào nǎ​lǐ, dōu táo bù guò fǎ​lǜ de yán​lì zhì​cái.

No matter where he hides, he cannot escape the severe punishment of the law.

Frequency
Character
Written text
996th most common 162.6 per million
Movie subtitles
688th most common 192.3 per million appears in 53% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
82.2 per million appears in 26% of films
Written text
41.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9003

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