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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
tiāo - to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
tiǎo - to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 1,614 3,008 2,030

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
挑战 5 4 1,416 1,729 1,724
- 4 1,614 3,008 2,030
挑选 - 4 3,881 5,515 7,319
挑起 - 7 6,566 13,153 15,985
挑剔 6 8 7,207 13,122 7,734
挑逗 - - 7,768 24,176 17,990
挑衅 6 8 8,157 11,485 15,076
挑战者 - - 14,498 28,769 43,133
高挑 - - 23,197 24,776 17,120
挑三拣四 - - 25,878 69,380 41,209
挑拨 6 - 26,354 28,093 24,105
挑拨离间 - - 30,291 44,883 27,334
挑食 - - 34,495 35,789 19,118
挑拣 - - 36,139 74,736 69,964
挑大梁 - - 37,783 53,054 52,284
撂挑子 - - 45,053 87,699 65,013
百里挑一 - - 45,657 43,243 19,247
挑唆 - - 46,868 74,766 63,059
挑动 - - 46,888 43,137 42,942
挑逗性 - - 48,157 91,961 91,662
挑毛病 - - 56,140 76,993 50,564
挑花 - - 63,821 50,223 27,928
挑夫 - - 90,024 75,081 68,067
挑肥拣瘦 - - 96,739 92,127 93,422