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挑

tiāo

a load carried on the shoulders; to carry

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Strokes
9
Radical
手
HSK
4
Tone
1

Other readings: tiǎo

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这是一个巨大的挑战。

    Zhè shì yī gè jù dà de tiǎo zhàn

    That's a huge challenge.

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  • 我挑不出他的毛病。

    Wǒ tiāo bu chū tā de máo bìng

    I cannot find fault with him.

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  • 挑选一个吧。

    Tiāo xuǎn yī gè ba

    Choose one.

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  • 这只狗挑了。

    Zhè zhǐ gǒu tiāo le

    This dog jumped.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 挑

  • 挑战tiǎo zhàn 3–4 to challenge; challenge
  • 挑tiāo 1to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
  • 挑选tiāo xuǎn 1–3 to choose; to select
  • 挑衅tiǎo xìn 3–4 to provoke; provocation
  • 挑剔tiāo ti 1–5picky; fussy
  • 挑拨tiǎo bō 3–1 to incite disharmony; to instigate
  • 挑起tiǎo qǐ 3–3 → 2–3to provoke; to stir up; to incite
  • 挑tiǎo 3to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up