挑拨 tiǎobō▶ Provocar

Stroke order

挑拨 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 挑 — 9 strokes
• 拨 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to incite disharmony
2. to instigate

Related words

• 拨marcar
• 挑剔Meticuloso, exigente
• 挑衅provocación
• 挑战desafío

挑拨 is pronounced tiǎobō and means “Provocar”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 挑拨 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.