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挑 [tiāo]
1. To carry things using shoulders, typically with a carrying pole on both ends.
Example: 挑土 (to carry soil), 挑夫 (a person who carries goods for others).
2. The things that are carried.
Example: 挑担 (the load carried).
3. To dig or to extract.
Example: 挑荠菜 (to dig up wild vegetables).
4. A measure word for things that are carried in a load.
Example: 一挑儿白菜 (one load of cabbage).
5. To select or to pick.
Example: 挑选 (to select), 挑拣 (to pick), 挑剔 (to pick and choose), 挑肥拣瘦 (to pick the fat and choose the lean).
6. An ancient term, also meaning "light" or "frivolous".
挑 [tiāo] (verb)
1. To carry with shoulders ([En.] shoulder).
2. To bear or to hold responsibility; to take on a duty ([En.] bear; hold).
Example: 挑头的 (leading), 挑家过日子 (to support a family), 挑担子 (to bear responsibilities).
3. To select ([En.] select).
Example: 挑兵 (recruit soldiers), 挑选补官 (to select supplementary officials).
4. To pick or to be picky ([En.] pick).
Example: 他再不放人一点儿,专会挑人 (he will continually pick on people).
5. To steal ([En.] steal).
6. To dig ([En.] dig).
Example: 时挑野菜和根煮 (time for digging wild vegetables and roots).
7. To elevate or to promote someone ([En.] praise or promote).
挑 [tiāo] (noun)
1. A specific stroke in Chinese characters, typically rising from the left ([En.] rising stroke in a Chinese character).
挑 [tiǎo] (verb)
1. To instigate, to incite ([En.] instigate; incite; provoke).
2. To dig.
Example: 挑野菜 (to dig wild vegetables).
3. To raise with a stick or pole ([En.] raise).
Example: 挑起帘子 (to raise the curtain).
4. To poke using the tip of a finger or stick ([En.] poke).
Example: 挑火 (to poke the fire), 挑刺 (to poke at it).
5. To expose ([En.] expose).
6. A technique in playing the pipa (a Chinese lute) by using the backhand to pluck the strings ([En.] make string toward the inside with backhand).
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