Kilo Lingo

条

tiáo

Traditional: 条

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Translation

(measure word for long thin things), strip, item

Word origin

Originally written with the 木 (mù, wood) component, 条 first meant a small branch or twig, and as a measure word it came to count long, thin objects.

Origin
compound
Root
攸 (yōu, phonetic) + 木 (mù, wood)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 条

条

Examples

。

This road is very long.

。

He bought a fish.

裤kù。

I have three pairs of trousers.

河hé。

There is a small boat in the river.

。

This piece of news is very important.

条 (tiáo) is the measure word for long, thin or winding things such as roads, rivers, fish, trousers and items of news. As a noun it can also mean a strip or a written item.

Appears in 1 word

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 条.

条件tiáo jiàncondition, requirement, terms

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This word is part of lesson 35.