挑衅 (tiǎoxìn) means Provoke. Below are 3 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
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
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
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How is 挑衅 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 挑衅 (tiǎoxìn, "Provoke"), 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.
Is 挑衅 an HSK word?
Yes — 挑衅 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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