陶 (táo) means Pottery (mould - happy - pleased). Below are 7 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
这个地方以 陶 瓷闻名。
Zhège dìfang yǐ táocí wénmíng.
This place is famous for its ceramics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶瓷
他收藏了不少 陶 瓷制品。
Tā shōucáng le bù shǎo táocí zhìpǐn.
He has collected quite a few ceramic pieces.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶瓷
不要 陶 醉于一时的成绩。
Bú yào táozuì yú yìshí de chéngjì.
Do not get carried away by a momentary success.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶醉
他从小受到艺术的熏 陶 。
Tā cóngxiǎo shòudào yìshù de xūntáo.
He was steeped in art from an early age.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熏陶
好的环境能熏 陶 一个人。
Hǎo de huánjìng néng xūntáo yí ge rén.
A good environment can shape a person for the better.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熏陶
这次考古发现了一批 陶 器。
Zhè cì kǎogǔ fāxiàn le yì pī táoqì.
This dig uncovered a batch of pottery.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 考古
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Words that contain 陶
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Questions about 陶
How is 陶 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 陶 (táo, "Pottery (mould - happy - pleased)"), 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 陶 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 陶 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 陶 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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