挑

Pinyin: tiāo

to choose; to pick; to carry on a shoulder pole; to nitpick

Example sentence

她花了好长时间挑帽子。

Tā huā le hǎo cháng shíjiān tiāo màozi.

It took her a long time to choose a hat.

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What 挑 means

挑 (tiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to choose; to pick; to carry on a shoulder pole; to nitpick”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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