Chinese Word: 擿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

擿Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 手

Ideographic:To select 扌 a match 適; 適 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 撾

Pinyin: tī

English Definition:to select; to nitpick; to expose

Chinese Definition:
①挑出：“其令三辅毋得以春夏擿巢探卵，弹射飞鸟。”
②挑剔；指摘：“伏闻诸典校擿抉细微，吹毛求瑕。”
③指使：“卫将军(王)商密擿永令发去。”
④揭发：发奸擿伏(揭露隐秘罪恶)。
⑤搜索；探；剖开；分。

Example Words:

	擒奸擿伏	qín jiān tī fú	to arrest and expose evildoers (idiom)
	发奸擿伏	fā jiān tī fú	to uncover hidden iniquities (idiom)

Pinyin: zhì

English Definition:to scratch; old variant of 掷

Chinese Definition:
①搔，挠。
②搔头，即簪子：“簪以玳瑁为擿。”
③古同“掷”，投掷：“擿玉毁珠。”

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