逃 táo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 兆 omen
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逃亡
táowáng
to flee; to be on the run
Characters in this word
亡 wáng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 政变失败后，前总统被迫逃亡海外。 Zhèngbiàn shībài hòu, qián zǒngtǒng bèipò táowáng hǎiwài. After the coup failed, the former president was forced to flee overseas.
- 他逃亡多年，最后还是被警察抓住了。 Tā táowáng duō nián, zuìhòu háishì bèi jǐngchá zhuāzhù le. He was on the run for many years, but in the end the police caught him.
- 小说的主人公逃亡到一个小村庄，改了名字。 Xiǎoshuō de zhǔréngōng táowáng dào yī gè xiǎo cūnzhuāng, gǎi le míngzi. The novel's protagonist fled to a small village and changed his name.
Related words
- 逃 táo to run away; to skip
- 逃跑 táopǎo to run away
- 逃走 táozǒu to run away; to escape
- 逃避 táobì to evade; to avoid
- 逃生 táoshēng to escape with one's life
- 伤亡 shāngwáng to be injured; casualties
- 死亡 sǐwáng to die
- 灭亡 mièwáng to perish; to collapse; to become extinct
- 亡羊补牢 wángyángbǔláo to mend the pen after sheep are lost; to take remedial action after a loss
- 脱身 tuōshēn to get away; to extricate oneself
- 幸存 xìngcún to survive
- 受罪 shòuzuì to suffer; to endure hardship