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挑起 (tiǎo qǐ): To provoke (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

挑起 consists of 2 characters.

to provoke, to incite; to poke, to stir up

to rise, to get up, to start

Word Info

Pinyintiǎo qǐ

Meaningto provoke

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0—

Syntaxverb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 挑起.

Words with 挑

挑战tiǎo zhànHSK 5
挑选tiāo xuǎnHSK 5
挑剔tiāo tiHSK 6
挑拨tiǎo bōHSK 6
挑衅tiǎo xìnHSK 6
撂挑子liào tiāo zi

Words with 起

对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
一起yì qǐHSK 2
起床qǐ chuángHSK 2
起来qǐ laiHSK 3
起飞qǐ fēiHSK 3
引起yǐn qǐHSK 4
起到qǐ dàoHSK 4
发起fā qǐHSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 挑起

zuò作

wéi为

jiā家

lǐ里

de的

zhǎng长

zǐ子

，

tā他

zǎo早

zǎo早

dì地

jiù就

tiāo挑

qǐ起

le了

shēng生

huó活

de的

dàn担

zi子

。

As the eldest son in the family, he took on the burden of life at an early age.

nán难

dào道

tā他

men们

zhēn真

de的

dǎ打

suàn算

rù入

qīn

侵

lín邻

guó国

，

tiāo挑

qǐ起

zhàn战

zhēng争

ma吗

？

Do they really intend to invade the neighboring country and start a war?