汰 (tài) means Discard (eliminate). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在第一轮就被淘 汰 了。
Tā zài dì yī lún jiù bèi táotài le.
He was knocked out in the first round.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 淘汰
落后的设备已经被淘 汰 。
Luòhòu de shèbèi yǐjīng bèi táotài.
The outdated equipment has been phased out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 淘汰
市场竞争就是优胜劣 汰 。
Shìchǎng jìngzhēng jiù shì yōushèngliètài.
Market competition is survival of the fittest.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 优胜劣汰
自然界遵循优胜劣 汰 的规律。
Zìránjiè zūnxún yōushèngliètài de guīlǜ.
Nature follows the law of the survival of the fittest.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 优胜劣汰
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Words that contain 汰
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Questions about 汰
How is 汰 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 汰 (tài, "Discard (eliminate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 汰 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 汰 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 汰?
The dictionary page for 汰 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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