To provoke in Chinese: 挑起 (tiǎo qǐ)
tiǎo qǐ
to provoke
Definitions
- 1to provoke
- 2to stir up
- 3to incite
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄊㄧㄠˇ
tiǎo
ㄑㄧˇ
qǐ
Example sentences
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他的话挑起了两个人的矛盾。
tā de huà tiǎo qǐ le liǎng gè rén de máo dùn。
His words stirred up a conflict between the two of them.
Related words
起
qǐ
to rise
挑
tiāo
to carry on a shoulder pole
起床
qǐ chuáng
to get out of bed
一起
yī qǐ
in the same place
起飞
qǐ fēi
(of an aircraft) to take off
起来
qǐ lai
to stand up
引起
yǐn qǐ
to give rise to
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
to challenge
想起
xiǎng qǐ
to recall
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
to choose
起到
qǐ dào
(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)
起码
qǐ mǎ
at the minimum
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