| 淘 | [ taó ] to wash, to clean out, to cleanse, to eliminate, to dredge |
| 淘客 | [ taó kè ] talk (loanword), chatline of PRC Internet company Taobao, taokshop.com |
| 淘寶 | [ taó baǒ ] Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website (abbr. for 淘寶網|淘宝网[Tao2 bao3 Wang3]) |
| 淘寶網 | [ taó baǒ wǎng ] Taobao Marketplace, a Chinese website for online shopping |
| 淘析 | [ taó xī ] to strain, to wash and filter |
| 淘氣 | [ taó qì ] naughty, mischievous |
| 淘汰 | [ taó taì ] to wash out, (fig.) to cull, to weed out, to eliminate, to die out, to phase out |
| 淘汰賽 | [ taó taì saì ] a knockout competition |
| 淘河 | [ taó hé ] pelican |
| 淘洗 | [ taó xǐ ] to wash |
| 淘神 | [ taó shén ] troublesome, bothersome |
| 淘籮 | [ taó luó ] basket (for washing rice) |
| 淘米 | [ taó mǐ ] to rinse rice |
| 淘選 | [ taó xuǎn ] to decant, to strain off |
| 淘金 | [ taó jīn ] to pan for gold, to try to make a fortune |
| 淘金潮 | [ taó jīn chaó ] gold rush |
| 淘金熱 | [ taó jīn rè ] gold rush |
| 淘金者 | [ taó jīn zhě ] gold panner, prospector for gold |
| ⇒ 小淘氣 | [ taó qì ] Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero |
| ⇒ 小淘氣 | [ taó qì ] rascal |
| ⇒ 末位淘汰 | [ mò weì taó taì ] sacking the worst-performing employee, elimination of the worst-performing contestant |
| ⇒ 海淘 | [ haǐ taó ] online purchase of goods dispatched from overseas |