掏 (搯) tāo

  1. tāo verb to fish out
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: from a pocket
  2. tāo verb to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 掏钱 'take out some money' (Liu Lianli, 1999, '掏' 1)
  3. tāo verb to dig
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in dig a hole (Liu Lianli, 1999, '掏' 2)

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