挑 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)

Contained in

• 挑逗 to provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate
• 挑毛剔刺 to find fault; to carp; nitpicking
• 挑夫 porter
• 挑剔 picky; fussy
• 挑法 upward flick stroke
• 挑动(挑動) to entice; to arouse; to provoke
• 挑肥嫌瘦 to choose something over another to suit one's own convenience
• 挑食 to be picky about food
• 挑嘴 to sow discord; picky about food
• 挑衅(挑釁) to provoke; provocation
• 挑刺 to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism
• 挑唆 to incite
• 挑山工 laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
• 鸡蛋里挑骨头(雞蛋裡挑骨頭) to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick
• 挑起 to provoke; to stir up; to incite
• 挑选(挑選) to choose; to select
• 挑三窝四(挑三窩四) to sow discord everywhere
• 挑拣(挑揀) to choose; to select
• 挑战(挑戰) to challenge
• 一肩挑 one person shoulders the whole responsibility
• 无可挑剔(無可挑剔) excellent in every respect; flawless
• 挑灯夜战(挑燈夜戰) to raise a lantern and fight at night; to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil
• 挑花 cross-stitch (embroidery)
• 挑战者(挑戰者) challenger
• 挑毛剔刺儿(挑毛剔刺兒) to find fault
• 挑头儿(挑頭兒) to take the lead
• 横挑鼻子竖挑眼(橫挑鼻子豎挑眼) to pick on incessantly; to criticize right and left
• 挑头(挑頭) to take the lead; to be first to (do sth); to pioneer
• 挑错(挑錯) to find problems
• 撂挑 to put down the load; to quit one's job or responsibiities
• 挑取 to pick out; to select
• 挑弄 to incite; to provoke; to tease
• 挑染 highlight (hair); partial hair dye
• 挑拨(挑撥) to foment
• 挑三拣四(挑三揀四) to be picky; to be choosy
• 挑大梁 to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility
• 挑檐(挑簷) eaves
• 挑花眼 (fig.) to get cross-eyed; to be bewildered
• 挑毛病 to find fault
• 挑明 to illuminate; to open up (a topic)
• 嫌肥挑瘦 to choose something over another to suit one's own convenience
• 肩挑 carry over the shoulder
• 挑灯(挑燈) to light a lamp; to raise a lantern
• 挑拔 to provoke
• 迎接挑战(迎接挑戰) to meet a challenge
• 单挑(單挑) to pick; to choose; to fight a duel
• 挑拨是非(挑撥是非) to incite a quarrel; to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
• 揭挑 to point out someone's faults
• 挑逗性 provocative; tantalizing; titillating
• 挑灯拨火(挑燈撥火) to sow discord; to provoke

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• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 26
• 第十六回 Chapter 16 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 卷八十五 志第六十一 河渠三 Volume 85 Treatises 61: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7

Collocations

• 轻骑挑 (輕騎挑) 使輕騎挑之 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 4
• 兵挑 (兵挑) 先以輕兵挑之 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 4
• 数挑 (數挑) 漢果數挑楚軍戰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
• 骑挑 (騎挑) 南安侯駿率數十騎挑之 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing — count: 3
• 开挑 (開挑) 如大河南北必不能開挑歸納 — History of Jin 金史, 卷二十七　志第八:　河渠 黃河 漕渠盧溝河 滹沱河 漳河 Volume 27 Treatises 8: Rivers and Canals - Yellow River and its Branches and Channels, Hutuo River, Zhang River — count: 3
• 挑楚 (挑楚) 漢果數挑楚軍戰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
• 轻挑 (輕挑) 薛叔似極言輕挑兵端 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百〇一 列傳第一百六十 辛棄疾 何異 劉宰 劉爚 柴中行 李孟傳 Volume 401 Biographies 160: Xin Qiji, He Yi, Liu Zai, Liu Yue, Chai Zhongxing, Li Mengchuan — count: 2
• 挑敌 (挑敵) 乃示弱挑敵 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十一 郭杜孔張廉王蘇羊賈陸列傳 Volume 31: Biographies of Guo, Du, Kong, Zhang, Lian, Wang, Su, Yang, Jia, Lu — count: 2
• 横挑 (橫挑) 橫挑強胡 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十二 司馬遷傳 Volume 62: Sima Qian — count: 2
• 挑舌 (挑舌) 膏唇挑舌 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三七　補列傳第二九 魏收 Volume 37 Biographies 29: Wei Shou — count: 2