掏

tāo · tao

Traditional 搯

Meaning

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tāo 掏

  1. to fish out (from pocket)
  2. to scoop

tāo 搯

  1. variant of 掏 (tāo)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)从(cóng)口(kǒu)袋(dài)里(lǐ)掏(tāo)出(chū)一(yí)张(zhāng)皱(zhòu)巴(bā)巴(bā)的(de)钞(chāo)票(piào)。

He fished a crumpled banknote out of his pocket.

02

她(tā)掏(tāo)出(chū)一(yì)把(bǎ)钥(yào)匙(shi),打(dǎ)开(kāi)了(le)门(mén)锁(suǒ)。

She took out a key and opened the door lock.

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