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

• 条贯(條貫) to arrange; to order ; to analyze
• 长条(長條) strip
• 拉白布条(拉白布條) to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
• 打白条(打白條) to write an IOU or promissory note
• 无条件投降(無條件投降) unconditional surrender
• 皮条(皮條) thong; leather strap; pimp; procurer
• 法条(法條) legal clause; legal text
• 炸土豆条儿(炸土豆條兒) french fries
• 条数(條數) arrangement; order; tidiness
• 一条道走到黑(一條道走到黑) to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
• 萧条(蕭條) mournful; desolate ; a depression
• 碎布条(碎布條) shred
• 便条纸(便條紙) scrap paper
• 报条(報條) report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination; list of deaths
• 磁条(磁條) magnetic stripe card
• 柳条边(柳條邊) Willow palisade
• 教条主义(教條主義) dogmatism
• 齿条齿轮(齒條齒輪) rack and pinion
• 艾条灸(艾條灸) stick moxibustion; poling (TCM)
• 条播(條播) to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
• 口条(口條) (ox etc) tongue (as food); elocution; articulation
• 封条(封條) a seal
• 死路一条(死路一條) dead end; road to ruin
• 前提条件(前提條件) preconditions
• 条斑窃蠹(條斑竊蠹) furniture beetle
• 自然条件(自然條件) natural conditions
• 一棒一条痕(一棒一條痕) a scar for each blow; each experience leaves a mark
• 三条(三條) three of a kind (poker)
• 路条(路條) travel pass
• 霜条(霜條) popsicle
• 金科玉条(金科玉條) a perfect written law
• 神经大条(神經大條) thick-skinned; insensitive
• 毛条(毛條) wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
• 有条纹(有條紋) to be striped
• 轧钢条(軋鋼條) steel rails
• 锯条(鋸條) a sawblade
• 炸土豆条(炸土豆條) french fries; (hot) potato chips
• 必要条件(必要條件) requirement; necessary condition (math)
• 条痕(條痕) weal (e.g. from whipping); streak
• 一鞭一条痕(一鞭一條痕) a scar for each lash; each experience leaves a mark
• 发条(發條) spring; coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork)
• 使用条款(使用條款) terms of use
• 墨条(墨條) ink stick
• 条规(條規) rule

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