挑 - tiāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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9 strokes
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挑

tiāo

Definition

to carry on a shoulder pole
to choose
to pick
to nitpick

Other pronunciations

tiǎo

to raise
to dig up
to poke
to prick
to incite
to stir up

Character Decomposition

Related words (20)

挑刺

tiāo cì

to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism

挑剔

tiāo ti

picky; to nitpick; hypercritical; fastidious; fussy

porter

to pick and choose; to select

挑染

tiāo rǎn

highlight (hair); partial hair dye

挑选

tiāo xuǎn

to choose; to opt; to pick; to select

挑食

tiāo shí

to be picky about food

fascia; eaves board

laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles

挑毛病

tiāo máo bìng

to nitpick; petty criticism; to nag

挑三拣四

tiāo sān jiǎn sì

to be picky; to be choosy

挑毛剔刺

tiāo máo tī cì

to find fault; to carp; nitpicking

挑肥嫌瘦

tiāo féi xián shòu

to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience

单挑

dān tiāo

to pick; to choose; to fight a duel

撂挑

liào tiāo

(lit.) to put down the load; to quit one's job or responsibiities

slender

to select very carefully

嫌肥挑瘦

xián féi tiāo shòu

to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience

百里挑一

bǎi lǐ tiāo yī

one in a hundred; cream of the crop

精挑细选

jīng tiāo xì xuǎn

to select very carefully

Idioms (1)

鸡蛋里挑骨头

jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou

to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick (idiom)

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