挑逗

Chinese

		incite; carry on a pole; choose	to tease; to play with
trad. (挑逗)		挑	逗
simp. #(挑逗)		挑	逗
alternative forms		挑鬥／挑斗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎodòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ dau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiau-tiō / thiau-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎodòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎodòu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao³-tou⁴
    • Yale: tyǎu-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teaudow
    • Palladius: тяодоу (tjaodou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu¹ dau⁶
    • Yale: tīu dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-tiō
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'dioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³ tio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'do
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/

Verb

挑逗

1. to tease; to provoke
2. to flirt; to make out with; to philander with

Synonyms

• (to tease):

• 嘀厾 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 打趣 (dǎqù)
• 打逗 (dǎdòu)
• 招
• 招惹 (zhāorě)
• 撩撥／撩拨 (liáobō)
• 逗弄
• 逗引 (dòuyǐn)
• 逗趣 (dòuqù)

 

• (to flirt): 調情／调情 (tiáoqíng)