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tuō
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. to shed
  2. 2. to take off
  3. 3. to escape
  4. 4. to get away from

Words Containing 脱

脱节
tuō jié

to come apart

脱缰之马
tuō jiāng zhī mǎ

lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse

脱壳
tuō ké

to break out of an eggshell

推脱
tuī tuō

to evade

开脱
kāi tuō

to exculpate

脱空汉
tuō kōng hàn

liar

脱误
tuō wù

omission

脱毛
tuō máo

to lose hair or feathers

通脱木
tōng tuō mù

rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

活脱
huó tuō

remarkably alike

脱然
tuō rán

unconcerned

丙酮酸脱氢酶
bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méi

pyruvate dehydrogenase

脱轨
tuō guǐ

to leave the rails

脱手
tuō shǒu

(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc)

脱光
tuō guāng

to strip naked

墨脱县
mò tuō xiàn

Mêdog county, Tibetan: Me tog rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

超脱
chāo tuō

to stand aloof

脱水
tuō shuǐ

to dry out

脱靶
tuō bǎ

to miss

脱滑
tuō huá

to shirk

脱脂棉
tuō zhī mián

absorbent cotton

脱涩
tuō sè

to remove astringent taste

密斯脱
mì sī tuō

mister (loanword)

脱氧核苷酸
tuō yǎng hé gān suān

deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate

脱线
tuō xiàn

derailment

挣脱
zhèng tuō

to throw off

脱产
tuō chǎn

to transfer (from production to other duties)

脱衣舞
tuō yī wǔ

striptease

脱水机
tuō shuǐ jī

a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)

逃脱
táo tuō

to run away

脱氧核糖
tuō yǎng hé táng

deoxyribose

脱孝
tuō xiào

to get through the mourning period

脱支
tuō zhī

de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture

稚气未脱
zhì qì wèi tuō

still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)

脱党
tuō dǎng

to leave a political party; to give up party membership

脱岗
tuō gǎng

to take time off

脱逃
tuō táo

to run away

脱衣服
tuō yī fú

undress

脱欧
tuō ōu

to withdraw from the European Union

脱口
tuō kǒu

to blurt out

脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ

to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist

脱氧脱糖核酸
tuō yǎng tuō táng hé suān

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

脱粒机
tuō lì jī

threshing machine

脱洒
tuō sǎ

elegant

解脱
jiě tuō

to untie

脱盲
tuō máng

to acquire literacy

脱鞋
tuō xié

to take off one's shoes

脱溶
tuō róng

to precipitate (solid from a solution)

脱皮掉肉
tuō pí diào ròu

lit. to shed skin, drop flesh

脱粒
tuō lì

to thresh

松脱
sōng tuō

loose

脱掉
tuō diào

to remove

拉脱维亚
lā tuō wéi yà

Latvia

脱贫致富
tuō pín zhì fù

to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)

脱身
tuō shēn

to get away

脱粟
tuō sù

grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)

脱亚入欧
tuō yà rù ōu

refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia

脱口秀
tuō kǒu xiù

(loanword) talk show

脱脱
tuō tuō

Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史

金蝉脱壳
jīn chán tuō qiào

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell

脱班
tuō bān

behind schedule

脱缰
tuō jiāng

to throw off the reins

白脱
bái tuō

butter (loanword)

脱出
tuō chū

to break away

脱卸
tuō xiè

to evade responsibility

脱险
tuō xiǎn

to get out of danger

脱肠
tuō cháng

(rectal) hernia

墨脱
mò tuō

Mêdog county, Tibetan: Me tog rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

摆脱
bǎi tuō

to break away from

脱略
tuō lüe4

unrestrained

开脱罪责
kāi tuō zuì zé

to absolve sb from guilt

脱离苦海
tuō lí kǔ hǎi

to escape from the abyss of suffering

脱钩
tuō gōu

to cut ties

发脱口齿
fā tuō kǒu chǐ

diction

脱不了身
tuō bù liǎo shēn

busy and unable to get away

脱北者
tuō běi zhě

North Korean refugee

脱除
tuō chú

to get rid of

表皮剥脱素
biǎo pí bō tuō sù

exotoxin

脱色
tuō sè

to lose color

脱颖而出
tuō yǐng ér chū

to reveal one's talent (idiom)

脱泥
tuō ní

to remove mud

脱氢酶
tuō qīng méi

dehydrogenase (enzyme)

脱皮
tuō pí

to molt

脱缰野马
tuō jiāng yě mǎ

a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)

脱离危险
tuō lí wēi xiǎn

out of danger

脱胎成仙
tuō tāi chéng xiān

reborn as immortal

洗脱
xǐ tuō

to cleanse

脱口而出
tuō kǒu ér chū

to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

脱开
tuō kāi

to withdraw

洒脱
sǎ tuō

free and at ease

脱肛
tuō gāng

rectal prolapse

趁乱逃脱
chèn luàn táo tuō

to run away in the confusion

脱销
tuō xiāo

to sell out

脱臼
tuō jiù

dislocation (of a joint)

脱氧核糖核酸
tuō yǎng hé táng hé suān

DNA

脱咖啡因
tuō kā fēi yīn

decaffeinated

脱脂
tuō zhī

to remove fat

脱档
tuō dàng

out of stock

脱空
tuō kōng

to fail

脱敏
tuō mǐn

to desensitize

脱稿
tuō gǎo

to complete a draft

脱毛剂
tuō máo jì

depilatory medicine

浑脱
hún tuō

leather float

脱发
tuō fà

to lose one's hair

脱氧
tuō yǎng

deoxidation

脱序
tuō xù

disorder

脱胎
tuō tāi

to be born

半脱产
bàn tuō chǎn

partly released from productive labor

脱垂
tuō chuí

prolapse

脱裤子放屁
tuō kù zi fàng pì

lit. to take off trousers to fart

脱离
tuō lí

to separate oneself from

出脱
chū tuō

to manage to sell

脱期
tuō qī

to fail to come out on time

脱单
tuō dān

to find oneself a partner

临阵脱逃
lín zhèn tuō táo

see 臨陣退縮|临阵退缩[lín zhèn tuì suō]

脱氢
tuō qīng

dehydrogenation

脱去
tuō qù

to throw off

脱落
tuō luò

to drop off

脱货
tuō huò

out of stock

脱漏
tuō lòu

omission

脱氧麻黄碱
tuō yǎng má huáng jiǎn

methamphetamine

脱浅
tuō qiǎn

to refloat (a boat that has run aground)

脱换
tuō huàn

to molt

脱星
tuō xīng

actress or actor known for having been photographed in the nude or for appearing in sexy scenes

脱羽
tuō yǔ

to shed feathers

虚脱
xū tuō

to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood)

脱力
tuō lì

exhausted

脱胎漆器
tuō tāi qī qì

bodiless lacquerware

脱下
tuō xià

to take off (clothing)

脱贫
tuō pín

to lift oneself out of poverty

脱机
tuō jī

offline

活脱脱
huó tuō tuō

remarkably alike

脱骨换胎
tuō gǔ huàn tāi

to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist

脱俗
tuō sú

free from vulgarity

脱色剂
tuō sè jì

bleaching agent

摆脱危机
bǎi tuō wēi jī

to break out of a crisis

品脱
pǐn tuō

pint (approx. 0.47 liter) (loanword)