挑
剔

Picky in Chinese: 挑剔 (tiāo ti)

tiāo ti

picky

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1picky
  2. 2fussy

Stroke order

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挑
剔

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ㄊㄧㄠ

tiāo

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

˙ㄊㄧ

ti

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄧ/ i

Example sentences

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  • 他对食物非常挑剔。

    tā duì shí wù fēi cháng tiāo ti。

    He is very picky about food.

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Related words

挑

tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

挑战

tiǎo zhàn

to challenge

挑选

tiāo xuǎn

to choose

剔除

tī chú

to reject

挑起

tiǎo qǐ

to provoke

挑衅

tiǎo xìn

to provoke

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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