條 (tiu4 | tiao2) : long narrow piece

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條

tiu4

tiao2

[1] long narrow piece; slip; strip
[2] classifier for long, narrow objects (fish, rope, road, etc)
[3] item; article; clause
[4] order; orderliness

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

條 / 条

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Jul 2009 11:07

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薯條 syu4 tiu4*2 = chips; french fries

雪條 syut3 tiu4*2 = iced lolly, ice lolly 粵

抽條 cau1 tiu4*2 chou1 tiao2 = to sprout, to shoot

三人一條心，黃土變成金 saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold

炸薯條 zaa3 syu4 tiu4*2 = french fry; fried potato

一條一條 jat1 tiu4 jat1 tiu4 yi1 tiao2 yi1 tiao2 = strip by strip

條碼 tiu4 maa5 tiao2 ma3 = bar code

三條 saam1 tiu4*2 = three of a kind (poker) 粵

四條 sei3 tiu4*2 = four of a kind (poker) 粵

炒粿條 caau2 gwai3 diu1 [馬] caau2 gwai2 diu1 chao3 guo2 tiao2 = fried koay teow
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Showing 10 of 29 examples containing 條

呢條路非常窄粵
This road is very narrow

我鍾意食薯條粵
I like to eat french fries

摵高啲條褲粵
Pull up your trousers a little bit!

條金魚喺魚缸裏面游嚟游去。粵
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.

老虎的身上有很多黑棕色的條紋國
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.

有條友企喺張枱上便粵
There's a guy standing on the table.
[Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]

條褲好似長噉啲。粵
The trousers look like somewhat too long.
[噉 means 'to some level/degree' in this sentence.]

你呢條計好陰濕。粵
Your plot is very wicked.

佢工作好有條理。粵
She is a methodical worker.

這條路崎嶇不平國
The road was rough, not smooth

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+689d (off-site link)

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