挑毛剔刺 Chinese English dictionary 挑毛剔刺 translate 挑毛剔刺 pinyin

挑毛剔刺

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
挑毛剔刺 tiāomáotīcì	挑毛剔刺 \| 挑毛剔刺* \| *挑毛剔刺	to find fault / to carp / nitpicking

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
挑	挑 \| 挑* \| *挑	9画手扌 + 6	tiāo, tiǎo, tāo	a load carried on the shoulders; to carry	tiu1	5201.3 QLMO


毛	毛 \| 毛* \| *毛	4画毛 + 0	máo, mào	hair, fur, feathers; coarse	mou4	2071.4 HQU


剔	剔 \| 剔* \| *剔	10画刀刂 + 8	tī	pick out; scrape off; scrape meat	tik1	6220.0 AHLN


刺	刺 \| 刺* \| *刺	8画刀刂 + 6	cì, qì	stab; prick, irritate; prod	ci3	5290.0 DBLN

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
挑毛剔刺 tiāomáotīcì	挑毛剔刺 \| 挑毛剔刺* \| *挑毛剔刺	to find fault / to carp / nitpicking


挑 tiāo	挑 \| 挑* \| *挑	to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick


挑 tiǎo	挑 \| 挑* \| *挑	to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up


毛　Máo	毛 \| 毛* \| *毛	surname Mao


毛　máo	毛 \| 毛* \| *毛	hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)


剔　　tī	剔 \| 剔* \| *剔	to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out


刺　　　cī	刺 \| 刺* \| *刺	(onom.) whoosh


刺　　　cì	刺 \| 刺* \| *刺	thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder