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挑衅

tiǎo xìn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 挑釁

挑衅 (tiǎo xìn) means "to provoke; provocation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 挑衅 means

1. to provoke; provocation

The characters in 挑衅

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 衅xìnquarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)

Example sentences

• 他是个挑衅高手。
  Tā shì gè tiǎoxìn gāoshǒu.
  He's a master of provocation.
• 萨米对顾客变得更加挑衅了。
  Sàmǐ duì gùkè biàn de gèngjiā tiǎoxìn le.
  Sami became more aggressive with customers.
• 反叛者践踏敌人的旗帜，以示挑衅。
  Rebels stomped on the enemy’s flags as a sign of defiance.
• 有时候冰球运动员相互挑衅得太厉害以至于会引发斗殴。
  Yǒushíhou bīngqiú yùndòngyuán xiānghù tiǎoxìn de tài lìhai yǐzhìyú huì yǐnfā dòu'ōu.
  Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

Where 挑衅 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tiǎn–tǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tiǎo xìn correctly.
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