挑衅 meaning in English

tiǎoxìn

to provoke; provocation

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 挑釁20 strokes

Meaning of 挑衅

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tiǎoxìn

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

萨sà米mǐ对duì顾gù客kè变biàn得de更gèng加jiā挑tiǎo衅xìn了le。

Sami became more aggressive with customers.

他tā是shì个gè挑tiǎo衅xìn高gāo手shǒu。

He's a master of provocation.

反fǎn叛pàn者zhě践jiàn踏tà敌dí人rén的de旗qí帜zhì，以yǐ示shì挑tiǎo衅xìn。

Rebels stomped on the enemy’s flags as a sign of defiance.

有yǒu时shí候hòu冰bīng球qiú运yùn动dòng员yuán相xiāng互hù挑tiǎo衅xìn得de太tài厉lì害hài以yǐ至zhì于yú会huì引yǐn发fā斗dòu殴ōu。

Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

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Words that share a character with 挑衅.

挑战	tiǎozhàn	to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge
挑选	tiāoxuǎn	to choose; to select
挑剔	tiāoti	picky; fussy
挑起	tiǎoqǐ	to provoke; to stir up
挑逗	tiǎodòu	to provoke; to entice
单挑	dāntiǎo	to pick; to choose
挑战者	tiǎozhànzhě	challenger
无可挑剔	wúkětiāoti	excellent in every respect; flawless
挑明	tiǎomíng	to illuminate; to open up (a topic)
挑拨	tiǎobō	to incite disharmony; to instigate

What does 挑衅 mean?

挑衅 (tiǎoxìn) means "to provoke; provocation" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 挑衅?

挑衅 is made of 2 characters: 挑 (9 strokes), 衅 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 挑衅 an HSK word?

Yes. 挑衅 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 挑衅 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 挑衅 is written 挑釁.