挑 tiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 兆 omen
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挑战
tiǎozhàn
challenge
Characters in this word
战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 占 to divine 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我接受挑战。 Wǒ jiēshòu tiǎozhàn. I accept the challenge.
- 这次挑战很大。 Zhè cì tiǎozhàn hěn dà. This challenge is big.
- 他喜欢挑战。 Tā xǐhuan tiǎozhàn. He likes challenges.
Related words
- 挑 tiāo to choose; to carry on a pole
- 挑选 tiāoxuǎn to choose carefully
- 挑 tiǎo to stir up; to lift with a stick
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 战胜 zhànshèng to defeat; to overcome
- 战士 zhànshì soldier; fighter
- 战争 zhànzhēng war
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 运气 yùnqi luck
- 败 bài to lose
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 比分 bǐfēn score