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  tiu4   jyutping
  tiao2   pinyin
[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: (#75)

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

This word has been viewed 24001 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Jul 2009 11:07

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detail  syu4 tiu4*2   = chips; french fries
detail  syut3 tiu4*2   = iced lolly, ice lolly
detail  jau4 tiu4*2  you2 tiao2 = Chinese donut; fried bread stick; Chinese fritter/cruller; [粵]: 油炸鬼
detail  cau1 tiu4*2  chou1 tiao2 = to sprout, to shoot
detail  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
detail  zaa3 syu4 tiu4*2   = french fry; fried potato
detail  jat1 tiu4 jat1 tiu4  yi1 tiao2 yi1 tiao2 = strip by strip
detail  tiu4 maa5  tiao2 ma3 = bar code
detail  min6 tiu4*2  mian4 tiao2 = noodles
detail  saam1 tiu4*2   = three of a kind (poker)
See all 121 compounds (CantoDict reports 130 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 條
detail 非常
This road is very narrow
detail audio 鍾意薯條
I like to eat french fries
detail
Pull up your trousers a little bit!
detail 金魚魚缸裏面
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.
detail 老虎身上很多棕色條紋
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.
detail 上便
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".]
detail 好似長噉啲
The trousers look like somewhat too long.
[噉 means 'to some level/degree' in this sentence.]
detail 藤條細路
Don't hit kids with a cane.
[Lit. don't use cane whip children.]
detail audio 你呢陰濕
Your plot is very wicked.
detail audio 工作有條理
She is a methodical worker.
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