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tiáo
1. strip
2. item
3. article
4. clause (of law or treaty)
5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (5)

你觉得这条裤子怎么样?
Nǐ juéde zhè tiáo kùzi zěnme yàng?
What do you think of these pants?
Text 2
我记得你已经有两条这样的裤子了。
Wǒ jìde nǐ yǐjīng yǒu liǎng tiáo zhèyàng de kùzi le.
I remember you already have two pairs of pants like this.
Text 2
你看,这条裙子是去年买的,今年就不能穿了。
Nǐ kàn,zhè tiáo qúnzi shì qùnián mǎi de,jīnnián jiù bù néng chuān le.
Look, this skirt was bought last year, and this year it can't be worn anymore.
Text 4
好,一会儿我们可以从中间这条路上去。
Hǎo, yíhuìr wǒmen kěyǐ cóng zhōngjiān zhè tiáo lù shàngqù.
Okay, in a bit we can go up this road in the middle.
Text 3
一进门,售货员就热情地为我们介绍这、介绍那,她买了一条裤子、一件衬衫、两双袜子,然后我们就高高兴兴地回家了。
Yí jìnmén, shòuhuòyuán jiù rèqíng de wèi wǒmen jièshào zhè, jièshào nà, tā mǎile yì tiáo kùzi, yí jiàn chènshān, liǎng shuāng wàzi, ránhòu wǒmen jiù gāogāo xìngxìng de huíjiā le.
As soon as we walked in, the shop assistant enthusiastically introduced this and that to us. She bought a pair of pants, a shirt, and two pairs of socks, and then we happily went home.
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
213
Word Frequency Rank
457 of 84,292