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挑	U+6311, 挑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6311

Translingual

Han character

挑Category:Translingual lemmas#手06挑 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#手06挑 Category:Translingual symbols#手06挑 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#手06挑 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#手06挑 Category:Pages with entries#挑 Category:Pages with 5 entries#挑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 手中一人 (QLMO), four-corner 5201₃, composition ⿰扌兆)Category:Han script characters#手06挑

Derived characters

𨃑Category:Translingual links with redundant wikilinks#挑 Category:Translingual links with redundant alt parameters#挑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 430, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12055

Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1872, character 4

Unihan data for U+6311

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挑
alternative forms		窕 provoke 㨄 provoke 𢬹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 挑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (兆) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
挑	l̥ʰaːw, l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
洮	l̥ʰaːw, l'aːw, *lew
桃	*l'aːw
逃	*l'aːw
咷	l'aːw, l̥ʰeːws
鼗	*l'aːw
鞉	*l'aːw
駣	l'aːw, l'aːwʔ, l'aːws, l'ewʔ
𣂁	*sl̥ʰew
脁	*l̥ʰews
晁	*l'ew
兆	*l'ewʔ
旐	*l'ewʔ
狣	*l'ewʔ
鮡	l'ewʔ, l'eːw
垗	*l'ewʔ
姚	*lew
珧	*lew
銚	lew, l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
恌	lew, l̥ʰeːw
烑	*lew
餆	*lew
筄	*lews
艞	*lews
佻	l̥ʰeːw, l'eːw
祧	*l̥ʰeːw
朓	l̥ʰeːw, l̥ʰeːwʔ
庣	*l̥ʰeːw
趒	l̥ʰeːw, l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
聎	*l̥ʰeːw
眺	*l̥ʰeːws
覜	*l̥ʰeːws
頫	l̥ʰeːws, poʔ
絩	*l̥ʰeːws
跳	l̥ʰeːws, l'eːw
窕	*l'eːwʔ
誂	*l'eːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#手06: semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#挑.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāo (tiao¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#挑)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠ
Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiâu

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiau / thio
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹
  - Yale: tyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiau
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tiu¹
  - Yale: tīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tiau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiau⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau / thio
  - Tâi-lô: thiau / thio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiaw, tioy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³/, /tʰio³³/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiɤ⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2

Note:

thiau - literary;
thio - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thiau
  - MiniDict: thiau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰiɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: thew

Rime
Character	挑
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	吐彫切
Baxter	thew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛw/
Li Rong	/tʰeu/
Wang Li	/tʰieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤew/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	挑
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ thew ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁew/
English	scratch, stir up
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挑
Reading #	2/3
No.	16871
Phonetic component	兆
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	祧
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeːw/

Definitions

挑Category:Chinese lemmas#手06 Category:Chinese hanzi#手06 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#手06 Category:Pages with entries#挑 Category:Pages with 5 entries#挑

to pick; to select; to choose
to nitpick
to carry (something) on a shoulder pole
- 1986, “敢問路在何方 [Dare I ask where the road is?]”, 閻肅 [Yan Su] (lyrics), 許鏡清 [Xu Jingqing] (music):
  
  你挑着擔，我牽着馬；…… [MSC, trad.]
  你挑着担，我牵着马；…… [MSC, simp.]
  nǐ tiāo zhuó dān, wǒ qiān zhuó mǎ;...... [Pinyin]
  You carry the luggage, I lead the horse; [...]
  Category:Mandarin terms with quotations
(Chinese calligraphy Category:zh:Calligraphy#手06) a rising stroke (㇀)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		選, 擇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挑選, 選擇, 揀選, 挑揀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挑, 揀
	Taiwan	挑, 選
	Chengde	挑, 揀
	Chifeng	挑, 選擇, 揀
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	揀選
	Heihe	挑, 選, 揀
	Qiqihar	挑, 選, 揀
	Harbin	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jiamusi	挑, 選
	Baicheng	挑, 選
	Changchun	挑
	Tonghua	挑
	Shenyang	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jinzhou	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Singapore	選
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挑, 揀
	Tangshan	挑, 揀
	Cangzhou	挑, 揀
	Baoding	挑, 揀, 選
	Shijiazhuang	挑
	Lijin	挑, 揀
	Jinan	挑, 揀
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	挑
	Dandong	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Yantai	挑
	Yantai (Muping)	挑
	Qingdao	挑, 揀
	Zhucheng	剔, 揀
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	揀, 挑, 選
	Lingbao	挑, 揀
	Jining	挑, 剔
	Wanrong	揀, 挑
	Linfen	挑揀
	Shangqiu	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Yuanyang	挑, 選, 揀
	Zhengzhou	挑, 揀
	Xinyang	擇
	Baihe	挑, 選
	Xi'an	挑, 揀, 挑揀, 選擇
	Baoji	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Tianshui	選擇, 揀
	Xining	揀, 挑
	Xuzhou	挑, 選, 揀
	Fuyang	挑, 選, 選擇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Lanzhou	挑, 揀
	Dunhuang	揀
	Hami	挑
	Ürümqi	挑, 揀, 選
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挑, 選
	Nanchong	挑, 選, 選擇
	Dazhou	挑選
	Hanyuan	挑
	Xichang	挑, 挑選
	Zigong	選, 找
	Chongqing	挑, 刁
	Wuhan	擇, 挑, 選, 選擇
	Yichang	挑, 選, 揀
	Xiangyang	挑, 選, 選擇
	Tianmen	挑, 選, 選擇
	Guiyang	揀, 選, 挑選
	Zunyi	選
	Bijie	挑
	Liping	挑, 挑選
	Zhaotong	刁
	Dali	挑選
	Kunming	挑選, 揀
	Mengzi	挑
	Guilin	選
	Guilin (Lingui)	選
	Liuzhou	挑, 選, 選擇
	Changde	選
	Hanzhong	挑, 選, 揀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	挑, 揀
	Yangzhou	揀, 挑, 選
	Lianyungang	挑, 選, 揀
	Lianshui	揀
	Nantong	挑, 揀
	Anqing	挑, 選, 揀
	Wuhu	揀, 挑, 選
	Hefei	揀, 選, 挑
	Hong'an	擇, 選, 挑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揀, 挑
	Hong Kong	揀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	揀
	Macau	揀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	揀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揀
	Foshan	揀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	揀
	Foshan (Shunde)	揀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	揀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	揀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	揀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揀
	Taishan	揀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	揀
	Enping (Niujiang)	揀
	Heshan (Yayao)	揀
	Dongguan	揀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	揀
	Yangjiang	揀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	揀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	揀
Gan	Nanchang	揀
	Lichuan	揀, 擇
	Pingxiang	揀
Hakka	Meixian	挑, 擇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	揀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	揀, 擇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	揀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	揀
	Wengyuan	擇
	Liannan	揀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	揀
	Jiexi	擇
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	擇
	Changting	擇
	Wuping (Yanqian)	擇
	Ninghua	擇
	Yudu	擇
	Ningdu	揀, 擇
	Tonggu (Sandu)	揀, 擇
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	擇
	Dayu	擇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揀, 擇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揀, 擇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擇
	Hong Kong	擇
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	揀
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	揀
	Xinyi (Sihe)	揀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	揀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	揀
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	揀
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	揀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	擇
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	揀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	選
	Luchuan	揀
	Sabah (Bao'an)	揀
	Senai (Huiyang)	揀
Huizhou	Jixi	揀, 擇
Huizhou	Shexian	擇, 揀
Jin	Taiyuan	挑
	Yangyuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Datong	挑
	Xinzhou	挑, 選
	Lüliang (Lishi)	挑, 揀
	Changzhi	揀, 挑揀
	Linhe	揀, 挑, 挑選
	Jining	挑, 選擇
	Hohhot	挑, 揀
	Erenhot	挑
	Pingshan	挑, 揀
	Zhangjiakou	挑, 揀
	Handan	挑, 挑揀
	Linzhou	挑, 揀
	Suide	挑, 選, 揀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剔, 擇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	揀, 挑, 選
Southern Min	Xiamen	揀, 選
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	揀
	Quanzhou	揀, 選
	Zhangzhou	揀, 選, 揀擇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	選, 揀
	Manila (Hokkien)	揀, 選
	Chaozhou	擇, 揀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	揀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	選
	Singapore (Teochew)	揀, 選
	Batam (Teochew)	選
	Leizhou	揀, 挑
	Wenchang	揀, 選
	Haikou	揀
	Qionghai	揀, 選
Puxian Min	Putian	揀, 類
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	揀
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	揀
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	揀
	Xianyou	揀
	Xianyou (Fengting)	揀
	Xianyou (Youyang)	揀
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	選
Wu	Shanghai	揀, 選
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挑, 揀
	Suzhou	揀, 挑
	Danyang	挑, 揀, 選
	Hangzhou	挑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	挑, 選, 擇揀
	Ningbo	揀
	Wenzhou	揀, 挑, 剔
	Jinhua	擇
Xiang	Changsha	選, 挑, 揀
	Loudi	擇
	Shuangfeng	擇, 揀, 挑

Coordinate terms

(basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiǎo (tiao³Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#挑)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiâu

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiau³ / tiau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiau / thio

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao³
  - Yale: tyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teau
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tiu¹
  - Yale: tīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tiau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiau³ / tiau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiau³¹/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau / thio
  - Tâi-lô: thiau / thio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiaw, tioy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³/, /tʰio³³/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰio⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiɤ⁴⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2

Note:

thiau - literary;
thio - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: dewX

Rime
Character	挑
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒了切
Baxter	dewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/deu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/deu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw^X/
Li Rong	/deu^X/
Wang Li	/dieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'eːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	挑
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ dew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁewʔ/
English	provoke
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挑
Reading #	3/3
No.	16892
Phonetic component	兆
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	窕
Old Chinese	/*l'eːwʔ/

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Definitions

挑Category:Chinese lemmas#手06 Category:Chinese hanzi#手06 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#手06 Category:Pages with entries#挑 Category:Pages with 5 entries#挑

to provoke; to incite
to poke
to bring something into the open; to make public

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāo, táo (tao¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#挑, tao²Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#挑)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ, ㄊㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹
  - Yale: tāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
  - Palladius: тао (tao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao²
  - Yale: táu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
  - Palladius: тао (tao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/Category:Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations#tāo

Middle Chinese: thaw

Rime
Character	挑
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土刀切
Baxter	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou¹