ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.poke; pick
我正在挑手上的刺。
I'm picking a thorn in my hand.
你赶快把面条挑出来。
I need you to pick out the noodles.
这个脓包现在需要挑开。
This pustule needs to be removed now.
synonym
- 2
v.provoke; incite; stir up
爱挑是非
like to sow discord
挑衅
provoke
挑事
stir up trouble
- 3
v.raise; lift up
挑门帘
lift up door curtain
挑灯笼
lift up a lantern
- 4
method of embroidery stitch using a needle to raise a warp or weft and pull the thread on the needle through under them
挑花工艺
cross-stitch technique
Words and phrases with 挑
- 挑杆[word]ram
- 挑逗[word]tease
- 挑花[word]cross-stitch
- 挑战者[word]challenger
- 挑事[word]stir up trouble
- 挑拨[word]provoke
- 挑动[word]lift; arouse
- 挑大梁[word]play a leading role; play an important part/role
- 挑棚[word]canopy
- 挑拨是非[idiom]cause alienation between by spreading rumors
- 挑灯拨火[idiom]instigate
- 挑灯夜战[idiom]burn the midnight oil
- 挑拨离间[idiom]drive a wedge between
- 挑三窝四[idiom]fastidious
Word usage
- Note"挑" is pronounced as "tiāo", and its basic meaning is "carry things on either end of a shoulder pole" and "select or choose". When pronounced "tiǎo", it means "poke", such as "挑灯芯", and it also means "provoke, raise, and prop up".