tāo
tirer; sortir; pêcher;
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他掏出手机，给朋友打电话。
tā tāochū shǒujī, gěi péngyou dǎ diànhuà.
He took out his mobile phone and called his friend.
她掏出钱包，付了钱。
tā tāochū qiánbāo, fùle qián.
She took out her wallet and paid the money.
我掏出钥匙，打开了门。
wǒ tāochū yàoshi, dǎkāile mén.
I took out the key and opened the door.
放 (fàng)
put
塞 (sāi)
stuff
The Chinese character 掏 (tāo) is composed of two parts: the radical 手 (shǒu), meaning "hand," and the phonetic component 刀 (dāo), meaning "knife." The original meaning of 掏 was "to dig with a knife," which has evolved to mean "to dig out" or "to scoop out." In modern Chinese, 掏 is commonly used in the sense of "to take out" or "to掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏掏
