| 1 | 淘汰 | 淘汰 | táo tài | tao2 tai4 | to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out | | |
| 2 | 裁汰 | 裁汰 | cái tài | cai2 tai4 | to cut back | | |
| 3 | 裁汰冗员 | 裁汰冗員 | cái tài rǒng yuán | cai2 tai4 rong3 yuan2 | to weed out superfluous personnel (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 涤汰 | 滌汰 | dí tài | di2 tai4 | to wash away; to eradicate | | |
| 5 | 劣汰 | 劣汰 | liè tài | lie4 tai4 | elimination of the weakest | | |
| 6 | 末位淘汰 | 末位淘汰 | mò wèi táo tài | mo4 wei4 tao2 tai4 | sacking the worst-performing employee; elimination of the worst-performing contestant | | |
| 7 | 汰 | 汰 | tài | tai4 | to discard; to eliminate | | |
| 8 | 汰旧换新 | 汰舊換新 | tài jiù huàn xīn | tai4 jiu4 huan4 xin1 | out with the old and in with the new (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 汰弱留强 | 汰弱留強 | tài ruò liú qiáng | tai4 ruo4 liu2 qiang2 | to weed out the weak and retain the strong (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 淘汰赛 | 淘汰賽 | táo tài sài | tao2 tai4 sai4 | a knockout competition | | |
| 11 | 优胜劣汰 | 優勝劣汰 | yōu shèng liè tài | you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4 | survival of the fittest (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 甄汰 | 甄汰 | zhēn tài | zhen1 tai4 | to eliminate by examination | | |