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
挑拨
tiǎobō
to incite; to sow discord
Characters in this word
拨 bō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 发 to issue, to dispatch, to send out
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他不断在同事之间挑拨，表面上帮忙，实际上制造对立。 Tā búduàn zài tóngshì zhījiān tiǎobō, biǎomiàn shàng bāngmáng, shíjì shàng zhìzào duìlì. He kept sowing discord among colleagues; on the surface he was helping, but in reality he was creating opposition.
- 别听他的话，他总在挑拨我们两个人的关系。 Bié tīng tā de huà, tā zǒng zài tiǎobō wǒmen liǎng gè rén de guānxì. Don't listen to him — he is always trying to set the two of us against each other.
- 他在朋友之间挑拨是非，大家都开始讨厌他。 Tā zài péngyou zhījiān tiǎobō shìfēi, dàjiā dōu kāishǐ tǎoyàn tā. He stirred up trouble between friends, and everyone began to dislike him.
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
- 挑战 tiǎozhàn challenge
- 挑剔 tiāoti to nitpick; to be picky
- 挑衅 tiǎoxìn to provoke; provocation
- 拨 bō to push aside; to dial; to allocate
- 拨款 bōkuǎn to allocate funds; allocated funds
- 怂恿 sǒngyǒng to incite; to egg on
- 引诱 yǐnyòu to lure; to tempt; to entice
- 作对 zuòduì to oppose; to go against
- 挖苦 wāku to mock; to taunt sarcastically