条 (條) tiáo

1. tiáo measure word measure word for long thin things
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: This measure word is used for roads, rivers, pants, etc. For example, 下面着条青裤子 '[She] was wearing green pants.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 306; ABC 'tiáo' 条 m; Guoyu '條' n 5; NCCED 1 '条' 4; Sun 2006, loc. 1788)
2. tiáo noun a strip
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Something long and narrow (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 1; Guoyu '條' n 2; Kroll 2015 '條' 1b; NCCED 1 '条' 2)
3. tiáo noun a twig
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 樹枝 (Guoyu '條' n 1; Kroll 2015 '條' 1; NCCED 1 '条' 1)
4. tiáo noun an item; an article
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In a larger text, as in 条文 or 条目 (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 3; Guoyu '條' n 3; Kroll 2015 '條' 5; NCCED 2 '条' 2)
5. tiáo adjective striped
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A long and narrow pattern (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 2; NCCED 1 '条' 3)
6. tiáo noun an order
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED 2 '条' 1)
7. tiáo noun a short note
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 条子 (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 4)
8. tiáo noun a string
   Domain: Linguistics 语言学
   Notes: Of symbols (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 5)
9. tiáo noun a silk suspension loop
   Domain: Art 艺术
   Notes: (ABC 'tiáo' 条 bf 6)
10. tiáo noun a withe; a cane splint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used in wickerwork (Kroll 2015 '條' 1a)
11. tiáo adjective long
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 长 (Guoyu '條' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '條' 2)
12. tiáo noun a mesh opening
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '條' 3)
13. tiáo noun arrangement; orderliness
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 次序 (Guoyu '條' n 4; Kroll 2015 '條' 4)
14. tiáo verb to reach to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '條' 6)
15. tiáo noun catalpa tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A genus of flowering plants; same as 梓木 (Kroll 2015 '條' 7; Wikipedia '梓木')
16. tiáo noun discharge from hawks or falcons
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Urine or feces (Kroll 2015 '條' 8)
17. tiáo noun spring breeze
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 条风 a northeasterly springtime wind (Kroll 2015 '條' 9)
18. tiáo proper noun Seleucia
    Domain: History 历史 , Concept: Kingdom 王国
    Notes: A historic kingdom in Mesopotamia; same as 塞琉西亚 (Kroll 2015 '條' 10; Wikipedia '塞琉西亞')
19. tiáo adjective unimpeded
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 畅通 (Guoyu '條' adj 2)

Contained in

• 有条不紊(有條不紊) regular and not disorderly
• 拉白布条(拉白布條) to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
• 墨条(墨條) ink stick
• 一鞭一条痕(一鞭一條痕) a scar for each lash; each experience leaves a mark
• 借条(借條) receipt for a loan; IOU
• 拉皮条(拉皮條) to procure; to act as pimp
• 签订条约(簽訂條約) a signed treaty
• 枝条(枝條) branch; twig; stem ; a branch of a school or sect
• 死路一条(死路一條) dead end; road to ruin
• 条例(條例) regulations; rules
• 条痕(條痕) weal (e.g. from whipping); streak
• 井井有条(井井有條) everything clear and orderly; neat and tidy
• 样条函数(樣條函數) spline function
• 霜条(霜條) popsicle
• 有条纹(有條紋) to be striped
• 面条(麵條) noodles
• 大条(大條) serious; grave
• 艾条灸(艾條灸) stick moxibustion; poling (TCM)
• 条贯(條貫) to arrange; to order ; to analyze
• 法条(法條) legal clause; legal text
• 长条(長條) strip
• 整条(整條) entire; whole (fish, road etc)
• 全面禁止核试验条约(全面禁止核試驗條約) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• 信条(信條) a creed; an article of faith; a tenet; a precept
• 条斑窃蠹(條斑竊蠹) furniture beetle
• 纸条(紙條) a slip of paper
• 皮条(皮條) thong; leather strap; pimp; procurer
• 磁条(磁條) magnetic stripe card
• 条理(條理) to arrange; to order; to tidy up
• 撇条(撇條) to go to the toilet
• 多个朋友多条路(多個朋友多條路) the more friends you have, the more options you have in life
• 白条(白條) IOU; informal document acknowledging a debt
• 条理化(條理化) to make systematic
• 银条(銀條) silver bar
• 脚踏两条船(腳踏兩條船) to stand with each foot in a different boat; to have it both ways; to run after two hares
• 免赔条款(免賠條款) franchise clause (insurance)
• 条件(條件) condition; prerequisite
• 规条(規條) regulations
• 竞业条款(競業條款) non-compete clause
• 千条万端(千條萬端) numerous

Also contained in

马关条约 、 南京条约 、 中俄改订条约 、 今日头条 、 拉萨条约 、 中俄北京条约 、 条形码 、 条支 、 尼布楚议界条约 、 瑷珲条约 、 东条英机

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