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HSK
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
to choose / to select
HSK 4
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
HSK 4
picky / fussy
HSK 7-9
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
to be picky / to be choosy
to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
to provoke; provocation
HSK 7-9
to illuminate / to open up (a topic)
to be picky about food
picky about food
to sow discord
to incite / to provoke / to tease
highlight (hair) / partial hair dye
challenger
porter
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
(fig.) to get cross-eyed / to be bewildered
cross-stitch (embroidery)
to pick and choose / to select
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag
(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
(architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
to incite / to stir up / to instigate
Space Shuttle Challenger
eaves
laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
to entice / to arouse / to provoke
to incite disharmony / to instigate
to provoke / to entice / to lure / to tantalize / to tease / to titillate
to sow discord everywhere
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
to take the lead / to be first to (do sth) / to pioneer
fascia / eaves board
carrying pole and its load
provocative / tantalizing / titillating
to sow discord / to provoke
erhua variant of 挑頭|挑头
erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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