Chinese Word: 汰 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

汰HSK 6

Pinyin: tài

English Definition: to discard; to eliminate

Chinese Definition:
①淘洗：裁汰。删汰。淘汰(除去没有用的成分)。
②骄奢，过分：汰侈(过分骄奢)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic:太 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.

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淘汰HSK 6	táo tài	to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out
优胜劣汰HSK 6	yōu shèng liè tài	survival of the fittest (idiom)
淘汰赛	táo tài sài	a knockout competition
裁汰	cái tài	to cut back
汰旧换新	tài jiù huàn xīn	out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

1		wǒ 我 kě yǐ 可以 wán quán 完全 táo tài 淘汰 cān jīn zhǐ 餐巾纸 hé 和 cā shǒu zhǐ 擦手纸。 I could eliminate paper napkins and towels entirely.
2		tā 他 zài 在 táo tài sài 淘汰赛 zhōng 中 de 的 biǎo xiàn 表现 fēi cháng 非常 sǎn màn 散漫， shī wù 失误 hěn duō 很多。 He played very loosely in the elimination match, making many mistakes.