出逃 (chū táo) — to flee, to run away | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to fleeto run away

Examples

出逃。
Tā jué dìng cóng jiān yù chū táo.
He decided to flee from prison.
，出逃。
Zhàn zhēng bào fā hòu, hěn duō jū mín chū táo dào guó wài.
After the war broke out, many residents fled abroad.
出逃。
Tā dài zhe jiā rén lián yè chū táo le.
He fled overnight with his family.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

出 gives the outward sense to the fleeing 逃.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

止止zhǐfoot
凵凵kǎncave

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶兆逃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

兆

兆zhào逃táo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

逃 pairs 辶 (walk) with 兆, which gives the pronunciation.

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