挑 (tiāo / tiǎo) means Carry on a pole (choose), Incite. Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他愿意接受 挑 战。
Tā yuànyì jiēshòu tiǎozhàn.
He is willing to take on the challenge.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挑战
这份工作很有 挑 战。
Zhè fèn gōngzuò hěn yǒu tiǎozhàn.
This job is quite a challenge.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挑战
他的话明显带有 挑 衅。
Tā de huà míngxiǎn dàiyǒu tiǎoxìn.
His words were clearly provocative.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑衅
我们面临严峻的 挑 战。
Wǒmen miànlín yánjùn de tiǎozhàn.
We face a grim challenge.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严峻
别太 挑 剔，差不多就行了。
Bié tài tiāoti, chàbuduō jiù xíng le.
Don't be too picky; near enough is good enough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑剔
别听他 挑 拨，我们自己谈。
Bié tīng tā tiǎobō, wǒmen zìjǐ tán.
Don't listen to his mischief-making; let's talk it out ourselves.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑拨
面对 挑 衅，他保持了冷静。
Miànduì tiǎoxìn, tā bǎochí le lěngjìng.
Faced with provocation he stayed calm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑衅
这项运动是在 挑 战人体极限。
Zhè xiàng yùndòng shì zài tiǎozhàn réntǐ jíxiàn.
This sport is a challenge to the limits of the human body.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 极限
面对 挑 衅，他表现得很克制。
Miànduì tiǎoxìn, tā biǎoxiàn de hěn kèzhì.
Faced with provocation he showed great restraint.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 克制
有人在背后 挑 拨他们的关系。
Yǒu rén zài bèihòu tiǎobō tāmen de guānxì.
Someone was stirring up trouble between them behind their backs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挑拨
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Words that contain 挑
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Questions about 挑
How is 挑 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 挑 (tiāo / tiǎo, "Carry on a pole (choose), Incite"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 挑 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 挑 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 挑?
The dictionary page for 挑 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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