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剔

tī

HSK 6 Character

What 剔 means

1. to scrape the meat from bones
2. to pick (teeth etc)
3. to weed out

Example sentences

• 我不挑剔。
  I'm not fussy.
• 汤姆相当挑剔。
  Tom is quite fussy.
• 你的想法简直无可挑剔。
  Your idea leaves nothing to be desired.
• 我不挑剔，我什幺都吃。
  I'm not picky. I'll eat anything.
• 他总是在挑剔别人的毛病。
  Tā zǒngshì zài tiāoti biéren de máobìng.
  He is always finding fault with others.
• 他对西装和领带的选择非常挑剔。
  Tā duì xīzhuāng hé lǐngdài de xuǎnzé fēicháng tiāoti.
  He's picky about suits and ties.

Words starting with 剔

• 剔除tī chúto reject; to discard; to get rid of
• 剔牙tī yáto pick one's teeth
• 剔透tī tòupure and limpid; (of a person) quick-witted

Words containing 剔

• 挑剔tiāo tipicky; fussy
• 无可挑剔wú kě tiāo tiexcellent in every respect; flawless
• 挑毛剔刺tiāo máo tī cìto find fault; to carp; nitpicking
• 没得挑剔méi dé tiāo tiexcellent in every respect; flawless
• 玲珑剔透líng lóng tī tòuexquisitely made; very clever
• 挑毛剔刺儿tiāo máo tī cì rerhua variant of 挑毛剔刺

Characters built on 易

These share the phonetic component 易 (yì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 赐cì(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 埸yìborder
• 裼tìbaby's quilt

Characters that look like 剔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 勘kānto investigate; to survey; to collate
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out
• 剐guǎcut off the flesh as punishment

Sounds the same

Read tī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 踢to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 梯(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 体used in 体己; Taiwan pr. tǐ
• 锑antimony (chemistry)
• 擿to select; to nitpick; to expose
• 䴘used in 䴙䴘