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条

tiáo

HSK 3 Character Traditional 條

What 条 means

1. strip
2. item
3. article
4. clause (of law or treaty)
5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Example sentences

• 你吃面条。
  Eat noodles.
• 这条狗杂交。
  Zhè tiáo gǒu zájiāo.
  This dog is a crossbreed.
• 我有一条狗。
  I have a dog.
• 这是一条狗。
  This is a dog.
• 我有条大狗。
  I have a big dog.
• 这条狗死了。
  The dog is dead.

Words starting with 条

• 条件tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification…
• 条款tiáo kuǎnclause (of contract or law)
• 条约tiáo yuētreaty; pact
• 条理tiáo lǐarrangement; order; tidiness
• 条例tiáo lìregulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
• 条子tiáo zishort note; slip of paper; stripe
• 条目tiáo mùclauses and sub-clauses (in formal document); entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
• 条文tiáo wénclause; explanatory section in a document
• 条纹tiáo wénstripe
• 条幅tiáo fúwall scroll (for painting or calligraphy); banner
• 条件反射tiáo jiàn fǎn shèconditioned reflex
• 条码tiáo mǎbarcode
• 条条框框tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàngfixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos…
• 条案tiáo ànlong narrow table
• 条规tiáo guīrule
• 条件式tiáo jiàn shìconditional
• 条件反应tiáo jiàn fǎn yìngconditioned response
• 条形tiáo xínga bar; a strip
• 条形图tiáo xíng túbar chart
• 条几tiáo jīlong narrow table
• 条形码tiáo xíng mǎbarcode
• 条件概率tiáo jiàn gài lǜconditional probability
• 条播tiáo bōto drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
• 条板箱tiáo bǎn xiāngcrate

Words containing 条

• 面条miàn tiáonoodles
• 苗条miáo tiao(of a woman) slim; slender; graceful
• 有条不紊yǒu tiáo bù wěnregular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
• 便条biàn tiáo(informal) note
• 纸条zhǐ tiáoslip of paper
• 线条xiàn tiáoline (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object…
• 无条件wú tiáo jiànunconditional
• 油条yóu tiáoyoutiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person
• 头条tóu tiáolead story (on the news)
• 萧条xiāo tiáobleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
• 字条zì tiáobrief note
• 慢条斯理màn tiáo sī lǐunhurried; calm; composed
• 链条liàn tiáochain
• 词条cí tiáoentry (in a dictionary)
• 教条jiào tiáodoctrine; dogma; creed
• 长条cháng tiáostrip
• 薯条shǔ tiáofrench fries; french fried potatoes; chips
• 必要条件bì yào tiáo jiànrequirement; necessary condition (math)
• 信条xìn tiáocreed; article of faith
• 金条jīn tiáogold bar
• 一条龙yī tiáo lónglit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process
• 枝条zhī tiáobranch; twig; stem
• 井井有条jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáoeverything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
• 发条fā tiáoclockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc); (attributive) windup…

Characters that look like 条

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 灸jiǔmoxibustion (TCM)
• 奂huànexcellent

Sounds the same

Read tiáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 调to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 迢remote
• 笤broom
• 苕reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
• 鲦Korean sharpbelly (fish, Hemiculter leucisculus); chub
• 髫(literary) hair hanging down in front (children's hairstyle)
• 岧lofty peak
• 趒to jump; to climb over; to leap
• 鞗reins of leather
• 龆shed the milk teeth; young
• 蜩cicada
• 䩦variant of 鞗