Hanzi

剔

to scrape the meat from bones/to pick (teeth etc)/to weed out

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

tī, tì

Bopomofo

ㄊㄧ, ㄊㄧˋ

Jyutping

tik1

Example sentences

剔除 tīchú
他們將筆試成績不及格的從名單上剔除。
他们将笔试成绩不及格的从名单上剔除。

They removed those who failed the written test from the list.

挑剔 tiāotī
他對食物非常挑剔，不吃蔥也不吃蒜。
他对食物非常挑剔，不吃葱也不吃蒜。

He is very picky about food; he doesn't eat green onions or garlic.

Example Vocabulary

剔除

ti1'chu2

to eliminate; to cull; to weed out

挑剔

tiao1'ti1

to be picky; nitpicky

剔牙

ti1'ya2

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