| táo | to wash/to clean out/to cleanse/to eliminate/to dredge |
| 淘 | to wash to clean out to cleanse |
| 淘宝网 | Taobao, a PRC internet portal |
| 淘客 | talk (loanword) chatline of PRC Internet company Taobao, taokshop.com |
| 淘析 | to strain to wash and filter |
| 淘气 | naughty bad |
| 淘气包 | puck |
| 淘气鬼 | varmint; rascal; elf; elfin; urchin |
| 淘汰 | to wash out elimination (by selection) natural selection |
| 淘汰法 | concentration; the weeding-out process |
| 淘汰赛 | a knock-out competition |
| 淘沙拣金 | wash the sand for gold; choose or search for the very best |
| 淘河 | pelican |
| 淘洗 | to wash |
| 淘神 | troublesome bothersome |
| 淘神费力 | worrying the mind and wasting energy |
| 淘箩 | basket (for washing rice) |
| 淘米 | wash rice |
| 淘选 | to decant to strain off |
| 淘金 | panning (for precious metals) |
| 淘金潮 | a gold rush |