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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 挑剔

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
挑剔 tiāo ti - picky
- fussy

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
6 8 7,207 13,122 7,734

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
挑 tiāo- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
挑 tiǎo- to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up
剔 tī- to scrape the meat from bones
- to pick (teeth etc)
- to weed out

Other Words Containing 挑剔

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
挑剔 6 8 7,207 13,122 7,734