| tāo | overflow/torrent-dash |
| 滔 | overflow torrent-dash |
| 滔天 | dash to sky; monstrous |
| 滔天大祸 | a disaster like foaming billows dashing to the skies; a terrible disaster |
| 滔天大罪 | heinous crimes |
| 滔滔 | torrential |
| 滔滔不绝 | unceasing torrent (idiom) talking non-stop gabbling forty to the dozen |
| 滔滔雄辩 | a torrent of eloquence; skilled in debating |