逃 meaning in English

táo

to escape; to run away

HSK 5verb9 strokes

Meaning of 逃

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

táo

to escape
to run away
to flee

How to use 逃

逃 alone appears in set phrases and written Chinese, but in speech it usually pairs with another verb, as in 逃跑 (táopǎo) or 逃走 (táozǒu). 逃避 (táobì) is used for avoiding problems or responsibility, not just physical escape. Example: 小偷逃跑了。(Xiǎotōu táopǎo le.) The thief ran away.

逃 combines the walking radical 辶 (movement) with 兆 (zhào), which gives the sound. Picture someone walking quickly away along a road, and you have 'to flee'.

Common mistake: Learners often mix up 逃 (táo) with 桃 (táo, peach) and 跳 (tiào, to jump), since all three share 兆. Remember that 辶 means movement away, 木 means a tree, and 足 means using your feet to jump.

逃 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

门mén一yī开kāi，他tā们men就jiù逃táo走zǒu了le。

As soon as the door opened, they ran away.

幸xìng运yùn的de是shì，我wǒ们men找zhǎo到dào了le逃táo生shēng通tōng道dào。

Luckily, we found an escape route.

我wǒ们men从cóng那nà里lǐ逃táo了le出chū来lái。

We made it out of there.

他tā逃táo了le阿ā尔ěr及jí利lì亚yà。

He fled Algeria.

小xiǎo偷tōu带dài著zhù钱qián逃táo跑pǎo了le。

The thief got away with the money.

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逃 táo · to escape · 9 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 逃.

逃跑	táopǎo	to flee from sth; to run away
逃走	táozǒu	to escape; to flee
逃避	táobì	to escape; to evade
逃亡	táowáng	to flee; to go into exile
逃生	táoshēng	to flee for one's life
逃脱	táotuō	to run away; to escape
逃离	táolí	to run out; to escape
逃犯	táofàn	escaped criminal; fugitive from the law
逃命	táomìng	to escape; to flee
逃逸	táoyì	to escape; to run away
逃兵	táobīng	army deserter
潜逃	qiántáo	to abscond; to slink off

Questions about 逃

What does 逃 mean?

逃 (táo) means "to escape; to run away" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 逃?

逃 is made of 1 character: 逃 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 逃 an HSK word?

Yes. 逃 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 逃跑 and 逃避?

逃跑 (táopǎo) means physically running away from a place or person. 逃避 (táobì) means evading something abstract, like 逃避责任 (táobì zérèn), to evade responsibility.

How do you say 'to skip class' with 逃?

Say 逃课 (táokè). Similarly, 逃学 (táoxué) means to play truant from school, and 逃票 (táopiào) means to dodge paying a fare.