挑
HSK 4freq #2310
Meanings
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- 1.to carry on a shoulder pole
- 2.to choose
- 3.to pick
- 4.to nitpick
- 1.to raise
- 2.to dig up
- 3.to poke
- 4.to prick
- 5.to incite
- 6.to stir up
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Wiktionary
- 1.to pick; to select; to choose
- 2.to nitpick
- 3.to carry (something) on a shoulder pole
- 4.a rising stroke (㇀)
- 5.to provoke; to incite
- 6.to poke
- 7.to bring something into the open; to make public
- 8.only used in 挑達／挑达 (tāotà, “walking back and forth; coming and going”)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
給我挑一顆蘋果。
Pick me an apple.
別挑戰我的耐心。
Don't try my patience.
我們接受你們的挑戰。
We accept your challenge.
他总是挑别人的毛病。
He is constantly finding fault with other people.
不要對人家送的禮物挑三揀四，嫌東嫌西的。
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Derived terms
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