挑
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICTtiāo 挑
- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
tiǎo 挑
- to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up
In a sentence
2 examples他总是挑别人的毛病。
He is constantly finding fault with other people.
Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
我挑了两个中更便宜的那个。
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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