tiāo

  1. tiāo verb to choose; to select
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 拣选; as in 挑选 (CCD 1 '挑' 1, p. 1899; FE '挑' tiāo 2, p. 519; Guoyu '挑' tiāo v 1; XHZD '挑' 4, p. 746)
  2. tiǎo measure word a load
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A measure word for loads carried on the shoulder (CCD 2 '挑' 3, p. 1899; XHZD '挑' 3, p. 746)
  3. tiāo noun a load carried on the shoulders
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 2 '挑' 2, p. 1899; Unihan '挑'; XHZD '挑' 2, p. 746)
  4. tiāo verb to carry a load on the shoulders
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 2 '挑' 1, p. 1899; FE '挑' tiāo 1, p. 519; Guoyu '挑' tiāo v 2; Unihan '挑'; XHZD '挑' a, p. 745)
  5. tiǎo verb to incite; to provoke
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '挑' tiǎo 4, p. 1903; FE '挑' tiǎo 1, p. 519; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 5; XHZD '挑' tiǎo 4, p. 748)
  6. tiǎo verb to pick up with a pole
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '挑' tiǎo 1, p. 1903; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 1; XHZD '挑' tiǎo 1, p. 748)
  7. tiǎo verb to prick; to poke
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '挑' tiǎo 2, p. 1903; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 3; XHZD '挑' tiǎo 2, p. 748)
  8. tiǎo noun cross-stitching
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '挑' tiǎo 3, p. 1903; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 4; XHZD '挑' tiǎo 3, p. 748)
  9. tiǎo noun a rising tick
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A character stroke in caligraphy (CCD '挑' tiǎo 5, p. 1903; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo n; XHZD '挑' tiǎo 5, p. 748)
  10. tiāo verb to find fault
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CCD 1 '挑' 2, p. 1899)
  11. tiǎo verb to flirt /to tease
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 逗弄; as a variant of 誂 (FE '挑' tiǎo 2, p. 519; Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 6)
  12. tāo adjective frivolous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '挑' tāo, p. 519)
  13. tiǎo verb to strut [a pipa]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '挑' tiǎo v 5)

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