tāo

common
noun

Meaning of

涛 means large waves; billows. Pronounced tāo.

  • large waves; billows

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14
Components
寿

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Hǎi
shàng
yǒng
le
de
tāo
shēng
 

Huge waves surged on the sea.

Hǎi
làng
pāi
zhe
jiāo
shí
 
tāo
shēng
zhèn
ěr
lóng
 

Sea waves beat against the rocks, and the sound of the billows is deafening.

Jīng
tāo
hài
làng
zhōng
 
xiǎo
chuán
jiān
nán
de
qián
xíng
 

The small boat struggled forward amidst the raging billows.

Qián
táng
jiāng
cháo
de
tāo
shēng
fēi
cháng
zhuàng
guān
 

The sound of the Qiantang River tidal bore is extremely spectacular.

Hǎi
fēng
juǎn
céng
céng
tāo
làng
pāi
zhe
hǎi
àn
 

The sea wind rolled up layers of waves that beat against the coast.