掏 tāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 匋 pottery
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
掏
tāo
to pull out, to dig out
Character
Example phrases
- 他从口袋里掏出一张皱巴巴的车票。 Tā cóng kǒudài lǐ tāo chū yì zhāng zhòubābā de chēpiào. He pulled a crumpled ticket out of his pocket.
- 他把手伸进包里，掏出一把钥匙。 Tā bǎ shǒu shēn jìn bāo lǐ, tāo chū yì bǎ yàoshi. He reached into the bag and pulled out a key.
- 她掏出钱包付了钱，然后拿起袋子走了。 Tā tāochū qiánbāo fù le qián, ránhòu ná qǐ dàizi zǒu le. She took out her wallet, paid, then picked up the bag and left.
Related words
- 掏腰包 tāoyāobāo to pay out of one's own pocket
- 塞 sāi to stuff, cork
- 拖 tuō to drag, to pull
- 撒 sǎ to sprinkle
- 捧 pěng to hold in both hands; (measure word for handfuls)
- 粘 zhān to stick, to glue
- 抛 pāo to throw
- 滴 dī to drip; measure word
- 混合 hùnhé to mix, to blend
- 淋 lín to drench, to pour
- 混 hùn to mix, to blend; carelessly
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy