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, ㄊㄧㄠ ㄊㄧ, ㄊㄧㄠ ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ tik¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiau-thek / thiau-thiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāoti
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ˙ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiaoti̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tʻi⁵
    • Yale: tyāu-ti
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiau.ti
    • Palladius: тяоти (tjaoti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāotī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiaoti
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tʻi¹
    • Yale: tyāu-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiauti
    • Palladius: тяоти (tjaoti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāotì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠ ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiaotì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tyāu-tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautih
    • Palladius: тяоти (tjaoti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu¹ tik¹
    • Yale: tīu tīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ tik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ tig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-thek
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-thik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'teg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-thiak
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-thiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'tiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³ tʰiak̚⁵/

Adjective

挑剔

1. nitpicky; captious

   他這個人很挑剔。 [MSC, trad.]
   他这个人很挑剔。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhège rén hěn tiāoti. [Pinyin]

   He is so nitpicky.

2. choosy; fussy

Verb

挑剔

1. to nitpick; to find fault
2. to be choosy; to be fussy

Synonyms

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