挑刺

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
simp. and trad. (挑刺)		挑	刺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāocì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ ci³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāocì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiaocìh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: tyāu-tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautsyh
  - Palladius: тяоцы (tjaocy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (挑刺兒 / 挑刺儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāocìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠㄘˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiaocìhr
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao¹-tzʻŭ⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: tyāu-tsìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiautsell
  - Palladius: тяоцыр (tjaocyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu¹ ci³
  - Yale: tīu chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/

Verb

挑刺

to find faults in others; to nitpick; to carp; to pick holes
to pick out the bones of fish