挑剔 tiāoti picky
picky; fussy
How to remember 挑剔: 挑 to select + 剔 to pick out = picky.
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How it is used
- Picky, nitpicking - 对食物很挑剔 (duì shíwù hěn tiāoti) fussy about food, 挑剔毛病 pick at faults.
- Note neutral tone ti and 挑 as tiāo here. Negative: hard to please, fault-finding.
Example sentences
- 汤姆相当挑剔。 Tāngmǔ xiāngdāng tiāotī.Tom is quite fussy.
- 我不挑剔，我什么都吃。 Wǒ bù tiāotī, wǒ shénme dōu chī.I'm not picky. I'll eat anything.