tiǎo

to raise; to dig up; to poke

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

别用棍子挑东西。

Do not poke things with a stick.

她把帘子挑起来。

She lifted the curtain.