挑剔

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	pick (as teeth)
simp. and trad. (挑剔)		挑	剔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāoti, tiāotī, tiāotì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄊㄧ, ㄊㄧㄠㄊㄧ, ㄊㄧㄠㄊㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ tik¹
Min Nan (POJ): thiau-thek / thiau-thiak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāoti
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄊㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiau.ti
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāotī
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠㄊㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiauti
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāotì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠㄊㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautih
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu¹ tik¹
  - Yale: tīu tīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ tik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ tig¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɪk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-thek
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-thik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'teg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-thiak
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-thiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'tiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiaʊ³³ tʰiak̚⁵/

Adjective

挑剔

nitpicky; captious
他這個人很挑剔。 / 他这个人很挑剔。 ― Tā zhège rén hěn tiāoti. ― He is so nitpicky.
choosy; fussy

Verb

挑剔

to nitpick; to find fault
to be choosy; to be fussy

Synonyms

(nitpick): 挑錯／挑错 (tiāocuò), 找岔子 (zhǎo chàzi)

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