淘tou4汰taai3

English

1. to wash out
2. (fig.) to cull
3. to weed out
4. to eliminate
5. to die out
6. to phase out
7. to eliminate through selection or competition; to dispense with; to phase outunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 透過選擇、競爭，剔除無用低劣嘅人、物；出局unreviewed?

Examples

• 佢串錯咗嗰隻字，就令到佢喺比賽俾人淘汰咗。

  His misspelling of that word eliminated him from the contest.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 由於中國有大量漢字，推廣簡體字嘅目的係淘汰複雜嘅繁體字，用易記嘅簡體字取代，從而提高識字率。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 德国被韩国淘汰。

  Germany was eliminated by South Korea.

  Tatoeba · adamtrousers CC BY

• 在上一届世界杯上，新西兰在比赛中被墨西哥淘汰。

  In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.

  Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

• unreviewed?

  淘汰柴油的士

  to phase out diesel-powered taxis

• unreviewed?

  我喺初賽就被淘汰咗喇。

  I was eliminated in the first round.