挑 (tiāo)
to choose; to pick; to carry on a shoulder pole
How 挑 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 挑
- Simplified
- 挑 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 儿 legs
- 冫 ice
挑 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- tiāo
- to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- tiǎo
- to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick
Common words using 挑
- 挑戰 tiǎozhàn
- to challenge; challenge
- 挑剔 tiāoti
- picky; fussy
- 挑選 tiāoxuǎn
- to choose; to select
- 百裡挑一 bǎilǐtiāoyī
- one in a hundred; cream of the crop
- 單挑 dāntiāo
- to pick; to choose; to fight a duel
- 挑三揀四 tiāosānjiǎnsì
- to be picky; to be choosy
- 挑刺 tiāocì
- to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism
- 挑動 tiǎodòng
- to entice; to arouse; to provoke
- 挑唆 tiǎosuō
- to incite; to stir up; to instigate
- 挑嘴 tiǎozuǐ
- to sow discord; picky about food
- 挑大梁 tiǎodàliáng
- to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility
- 挑夫 tiāofū
- porter
挑 in a sentence
你慢慢挑，買你喜歡的就好。
Nǐ mànman tiāo, mǎi nǐ xǐhuān de jiù hǎo.
“Take your time choosing; just buy what you like.”
How common is 挑?
挑 is the 1,307th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93% of all running text.
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