VocabularyHSK 3 · core

tiáo

measure for long things

Part of speech · measure word

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Examples

  1. 一条鱼。
    A fish.
  2. 一条裤子。
    A pair of trousers.

Collocations

一条鱼一条河一条路

Mnemonic

条 tiáo — measure word for long, narrow shapes: rivers, roads, snakes, fish, trousers, news items. Traditional 條. Japanese 条 jō means "clause/article" — different sense (false friend).

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  1. JA 条 jō means?

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