淘汰

Chinese
 
cleanse; eliminate; to clean out; to wash
 to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad.
(淘汰)		 淘 汰

Pronunciation

Verb

淘汰

  1. to eliminate (something bad or unsuitable); to weed out; to make (something) fall into disuse
    加速淘汰  ―  jiāsù táotài  ―  hastening elimination
  2. (sports) to eliminate (a team or player); to knock out

Derived terms
  • 單淘汰／单淘汰
  • 天然淘汰

Japanese
Kanji in this term
淘 汰
とう
Hyōgaiji		 た
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

淘 wash in sieve + 汰 scour

Noun

淘汰 (hiragana とうた, rōmaji tōta)

  1. selection, culling out, weeding out

Compounds

Verb

淘汰する (transitive, hiragana とうたする, rōmaji tōta suru)

  1. cull out, weed out

Conjugation
Conjugation of "淘汰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 淘汰し とうたし tōta shi
Continuative (連用形) 淘汰し とうたし tōta shi
Terminal (終止形) 淘汰する とうたする tōta suru
Attributive (連体形) 淘汰する とうたする tōta suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 淘汰すれ とうたすれ tōta sure
Imperative (命令形) 淘汰せよ¹
淘汰しろ²		 とうたせよ¹
とうたしろ²		 tōta seyo¹
tōta shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 淘汰される とうたされる tōta sareru
Causative 淘汰させる
淘汰さす		 とうたさせる
とうたさす		 tōta saseru
tōta sasu
Potential 淘汰できる とうたできる tōta dekiru
Volitional 淘汰しよう とうたしよう tōta shiyō
Negative 淘汰しない とうたしない tōta shinai
Negative continuative 淘汰せず とうたせず tōta sezu
Formal 淘汰します とうたします tōta shimasu
Perfective 淘汰した とうたした tōta shita
Conjunctive 淘汰して とうたして tōta shite
Hypothetical conditional 淘汰すれば とうたすれば tōta sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
淘汰

Noun

淘汰 • (dotae) (hangeul 도태)

  1. Hanja form? of 도태 (“selection”).
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