挑

tiāo · tiao/tiǎo · tiao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

tiāo 挑

  1. to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. to choose
  3. to pick
  4. to nitpick

tiǎo 挑

  1. to raise
  2. to dig up
  3. to poke
  4. to prick
  5. to incite
  6. to stir up

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)总(zǒng)是(shì)挑(tiāo)别(bié)人(rén)的(de)毛(máo)病(bìng)。

He is constantly finding fault with other people.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)挑(tiāo)了(le)两(liǎng)个(gè)中(zhōng)更(gèng)便(pián)宜(yi)的(de)那(nà)个(gè)。

I chose the less expensive one of the two.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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