Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): tiáo
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu4
Definitions:
  1. strip

  2. item

  3. article

  4. clause (of law or treaty)

  5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)


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Chinese characters used in this word

article, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., twig, ray of light, clause, condition, string, stripe
Readings
Mandarin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ (tiáo), ㄊㄧㄠ (tiāo)
Cantonese: tiu4
Japanese: ジョウ (jou)、 チョウ (chou)、 デキ (deki) / えだ (eda)、 すじ (suji)
Korean: 조 (jo)
Vietnamese: điều, thiêu
Variants
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