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掏

tāo

take out; pull out; clean out

Shadow
Strokes
11
Radical
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6
Tone
1

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Example sentences

  • 男子从口袋中掏出枪，吓了我一跳。

    Nán zǐ cóng kǒu dài zhōng tāo chū qiāng xià le wǒ yī tiào

    To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.

  • 汤姆掏出钥匙开了门。

    Tāng mǔ tāo chū yào shi kāi le mén

    Tom took out his key and opened the door.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 掏

  • 掏tāo 1to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
  • 掏钱tāo qián 1–2 to pay; to spend money; to fork out