陶
冶

Lit. to fire pots and smelt metal in Chinese: 陶冶 (táo yě)

táo yě

lit. to fire pots and smelt metal

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lit. to fire pots and smelt metal
  2. 2fig. to educate

Stroke order

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陶
冶

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄠˊ

táo

ㄊ/ tㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄝˇ

yě

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 陶冶 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 读书能陶冶人的性情。

    dú shū néng táo yě rén de xìng qíng。

    Reading can cultivate a person's temperament.

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Related words

陶瓷

táo cí

pottery and porcelain

陶醉

táo zuì

to be infatuated with

熏陶

xūn táo

to seep in

淘

táo

to wash

淘气

táo qì

naughty

淘汰

táo tài

to wash out

讨

tǎo

to invite

讨好

tǎo hǎo

to get the desired outcome

讨价还价

tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle over price

讨人喜欢

tǎo rén xǐ huan

to attract people's affection

特产

tè chǎn

special local product

特例

tè lì

special case

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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