挑刺

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
simp. and trad. (挑刺)		挑	刺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāocì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠ ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ ci³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāocì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiaocìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tyāu-tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautsyh
    • Palladius: тяоцы (tjaocy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (挑刺兒／挑刺儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāocìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ㄘˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiaocìhr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tzʻŭ⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyāu-tsìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautsell
    • Palladius: тяоцыр (tjaocyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu¹ ci³
    • Yale: tīu chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/

Verb

挑刺

1. to find faults in others; to nitpick; to carp; to pick holes
2. to pick out the bones of fish