| 1 | 陶冶 | 陶冶 | táo yě | tao2 ye3 | lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate | | |
| 2 | 陶醉 | 陶醉 | táo zuì | tao2 zui4 | to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in | | |
| 3 | 陶 | 陶 | táo | tao2 | pottery; pleased; surname Tao | | |
| 4 | 陶器 | 陶器 | táo qì | tao2 qi4 | pottery | | |
| 5 | 陶瓷 | 陶瓷 | táo cí | tao2 ci2 | pottery and porcelain; ceramics | | |
| 6 | 陶笛 | 陶笛 | táo dí | tao2 di2 | ocarina (musical instrument) | | |
| 7 | 陶瓷器 | 陶瓷器 | táo cí qì | tao2 ci2 qi4 | pottery; chinaware | | |
| 8 | 陶宗仪 | 陶宗儀 | táo zōng yí | Tao2 Zong1 yi2 | Tao Zongyi (c. 1329-1410), Yuan dynasty scholar | | |
| 9 | 陶盅 | 陶盅 | táo zhōng | tao2 zhong1 | pottery bowl | | |
| 10 | 陶甄 | 陶甄 | táo zhēn | tao2 zhen1 | to mold and educate people | | |
| 11 | 陶哲轩 | 陶哲軒 | táo zhé xuān | Tao2 Zhe2 xuan1 | Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006 | | |
| 12 | 陶喆 | 陶喆 | táo zhé | Tao2 Zhe2 | David Tao (1969-), Taiwanese singer-songwriter | | |
| 13 | 陶淵明 | 陶渊明 | táo yuān míng | Tao2 Yuan1 ming2 | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet; Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | | |
| 14 | 陶俑 | 陶俑 | táo yǒng | tao2 yong3 | a pottery figurine buried with the dead | | |
| 15 | 陶艺 | 陶藝 | táo yì | tao2 yi4 | ceramic art | | |
| 16 | 陶冶情操 | 陶冶情操 | táo yě qíng cāo | tao2 ye3 qing2 cao1 | to cultivate one's mind; to build character | | |
| 17 | 陶罐 | 陶罐 | táo guàn | tao2 guan4 | Clay jar | | |
| 18 | 陶砚 | 陶硯 | táo yàn | tao2 yan4 | ink stone made of pottery | | |
| 19 | 陶行知 | 陶行知 | táo xíng zhī | Tao2 Xing2 zhi1 | Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer | | |
| 20 | 陶土 | 陶土 | táo tǔ | tao2 tu3 | potter's clay; kaolin | | |
| 21 | 陶然自得 | 陶然自得 | táo rán zì dé | tao2 ran2 zi4 de2 | in a happy frame of mind; happy and self-satisfied; carefree (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 陶潜 | 陶潛 | táo qián | Tao2 Qian2 | Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | | |
| 23 | 陶工 | 陶工 | táo gōng | tao2 gong1 | pottery; potter | | |
| 24 | 陶乐县 | 陶樂縣 | táo lè xiàn | Tao2 le4 xian4 | former Taole county, now in Pingluo county 平罗县 , Ningxia | | |
| 25 | 陶乐 | 陶樂 | táo lè | Tao2 le4 | former Taole county, now in Pingluo county 平罗县 , Ningxia | | |