tiáo

clause, condition; string, stripe

HSK 2 #214

DEFINITIONS

条 tiáo
  • strip
  • item
  • article
  • clause (of law or treaty)
  • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

STROKES

WORDS

尼布楚约 ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
píng tiáo set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
工具 gōng jù tiáo toolbar (in computer software)
广告幅 guǎng gào tiáo fú banner advertisement
lǜ tiáo a law
píng tiáo paper docket confirming a transaction
打白 dǎ bái tiáo to write an IOU or promissory note
扯皮 chě pí tiáo see 拉皮條|拉皮条[la1 pi2 tiao2]
拉大 lā dà tiáo to defecate (slang)
拉白布 lā bái bù tiáo to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
拉皮 lā pí tiáo to procure; to act as pimp
拉萨约 lā sà tiáo yuē Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
撇大 piě dà tiáo (slang) to take a dump
piě tiáo (slang) to go to the toilet
改订伊犁约 gǎi dìng yī lí tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
zhěng tiáo entire; whole (fish, road etc)
旅大租地约 lǚ dà zū dì tiáo yuē unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia
有理地 yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ de methodically; systematically
纹 yǒu tiáo wén striped
bǎn tiáo lath
箱 bǎn tiáo xiāng crate
湖事件 liǔ tiáo hú shì jiàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4]
沟事件 liǔ tiáo gōu shì jiàn see 柳條湖事件|柳条湖事件[Liu3 tiao2 Hu2 Shi4 jian4]
边 liǔ tiáo biān Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier
zhà tiáo paling; fence rail