掏 [－]

Jyutping tou1
Pinyin tāo

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to fish out (from pocket)/to scoop/to pull out/to clean out

掏 [－]

Jyutping tou4
Pinyin tāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to fish out (from pocket)
  2. to scoop
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to fish out (from pocket)/to scoop/to pull out/to clean out
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to dig
    (syn.) 挖
  2. character
    to fish out (from a bag or pocket)
    • 把錢包掏出來
      把钱包掏出来
      bǎ qián bāo tāo chū lái
      to take out one's wallet
  3. character
    to take out
  4. character, Min-Dong
    to take
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. take out
  2. pull out
  3. clean out
  4. Cangjie Input
    QPOU
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #788
  2. HSK3 六级汉字表 #212
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    男子从口袋中掏出枪，吓了我一跳。
    男子從口袋中掏出槍，嚇了我一跳。
    nán zǐ cóng kǒu dài zhōng tāo chū qiāng ， xià le wǒ yī tiào 。
    • To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.
  2. Mandarin
    "等一下，"迪马说，他掏出他的电话，"我知道谁能借我一些钱。"
    "等一下，"迪馬說，他掏出他的電話，"我知道誰能借我一些錢。"
    " děng yī xià ，" dí mǎ shuō ， tā tāo chū tā de diàn huà ，" wǒ zhī dào shuí néng jiè wǒ yī xiē qián 。"
    • "Hold on," Dima said, taking out his phone. "I know someone who could lend me some money."
  3. Mandarin
    他掏出几枚硬币。
    他掏出幾枚硬幣。
    tā tāo chū jǐ méi yìng bì 。
    • He took out some coins.
  4. Mandarin
    汤姆掏出钥匙开了门。
    湯姆掏出鑰匙開了門。
    tāng mǔ tāo chū yào shi kāi le mén 。
    • Tom took out his key and opened the door.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    把钱包掏出来
    把錢包掏出來
    bǎ qián bāo tāo chū lái
    • to take out one's wallet
  2. Mandarin
    他掏空家底给儿子治病。
    他掏空家底給兒子治病。
    tā tāo kōng jiā dǐ gěi ér zi zhì bìng ．
    • He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.
  3. Mandarin
    我感觉身体被掏空。
    我感覺身體被掏空。
    wǒ gǎn jué shēn tǐ bèi tāo kōng ．
    • I feel wiped out.
  4. Mandarin
    忙翻包掏出钥匙打开门，只见老爸站在阳台上，向外张望，晚风吹拂着他稀疏的白发，那情景让我心里一阵酸楚，不知不觉中，泪已成行。
    忙翻包掏出鑰匙打開門，只見老爸站在陽台上，向外張望，晚風吹拂着他稀疏的白髮，那情景讓我心裏一陣酸楚，不知不覺中，淚已成行。
    máng fān bāo tāo chū yào shi dǎ kāi mén ， zhǐ jiàn lǎo bà zhàn zài yáng tái shàng ， xiàng wài zhāng wàng ， wǎn fēng chuī fú zhe tā xī shū de bái fà ， nà qíng jǐng ràng wǒ xīn lǐ yī zhèn suān chǔ ， bù zhī bù jué zhōng ， lèi yǐ chéng háng ．
    • I hurriedly took out the key to open the door. Dad was standing on the balcony, looking into the distance, his sparse grey hair blown by the evening wind. I couldn't help feeling a twinge of pain in my heart, and tears flowed down like a river.