Dong Chinese dictionary

tài

excessive

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

太 Sound component

tài

very

Definitions

tài

excessive; scour, wash out; to discard; to eliminate

Most common words with 汰

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	淘汰	to wash out
	淘汰赛	a knockout competition
	优胜劣汰	survival of the fittest (idiom)
	汰	to discard
	劣汰	elimination of the weakest

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