套子 tàozi

1. tàozi noun a sheath; a cover
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '套子'; Guoyu '套子' 3)
2. tàozi noun a trap; a scheme
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 圈套 (CC-CEDICT '套子'; Guoyu '套子' 1)
3. tàozi noun a polite phrase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 套语 (CC-CEDICT '套子'; Guoyu '套子' 2)
4. tàozi noun cotton-padded clothes; a quilt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 棉衣 or 棉被 (Guoyu '套子' 4)
5. tàozi noun a set of moves
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Martial Arts
   Notes: (Guoyu '套子' 5)

Contained in

• 老套子 old methods; old habits
• 滥套子(濫套子) platitude; pointless talk
• 座椅套子 seat cover

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 51 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第五十一回 Chapter 51 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1

Collocations

• 扇套子 (扇套子) 前兒我聽見把我做的扇套子拿著和人家比 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 32 — count: 2