淘汰

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Chinese[edit]

 
cleanse; eliminate; to clean out
cleanse; eliminate; to clean out; to wash
to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad.
(淘汰)
alternative forms 洮汰

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter thajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3

Verb[edit]

淘汰

  1. (literal) to rinse; to wash away
  2. (figurative) to eliminate (something bad or unsuitable); to weed out; to make (something) fall into disuse
    加速淘汰  ―  jiāsù táotài  ―  to hasten elimination
  3. (sports) to eliminate (a team or player); to knock out

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to eliminate):

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (淘汰):
  • Japanese: (とう)() (tōta)
  • Korean: 도태(淘汰) (dotae)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
とう
Hyōgaiji

Grade: S
kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
洮汰

Etymology[edit]

/tau ta//tɔːta//toːta/

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 淘汰 (táotài).

Equivalent to a compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements (, wash in sieve) +‎ (ta, scour).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(とう)() (tōtaたうた (tauta)?

  1. a culling out, weeding out
  2. (especially in biology) a selection
    Synonym: 選択 (sentaku)

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

(とう)()する (tōta suruたうた (tauta)?transitive suru (stem (とう)() (tōta shi), past (とう)()した (tōta shita))

  1. to cull out, weed out

Conjugation[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  1. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

淘汰 (dotae) (hangeul 도태)

  1. Hanja form? of 도태 (a culling out, weeding out).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb[edit]

淘汰

  1. chữ Hán form of đào thải (to purge; to get rid of).