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调皮 tiáopí

调皮 tiáopí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 调皮 tiáopí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tiáopí | tiao2 pi2
English translation
naughty
mischievous
unruly

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Traditional form

調皮

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 调皮 tiáopí

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diào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 調 diào . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and Zhōu represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Zhōu

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠周

Number of Strokes

10

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand ( yòu ) peeling off the skin from an animal.

Positional decomposition

⿸?

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 调皮 tiáopí

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孩子 háizi men 调皮捣蛋 tiáo pí dǎo dàn de 时候 shíhou 管不了

When the children misbehaved she was unable to cope.

帕特里克 Pà tè lǐ kè 常常 cháng cháng 明知 míng zhī 手忙脚乱 shǒu máng jiǎo luàn 还要调皮捣蛋 tiáo pí dǎo dàn

Patrick often plays up when he knows I'm in a hurry.

那个 nà ge 年龄 niánlíng de 男孩 nán hái 应该 yīnggāi 可以 kěyǐ 自己 zìjǐ 出去 chū qù chuǎng 可以 kěyǐ 骑车 qí chē 出游 chū yóu Huán 可以 kěyǐ 调皮捣蛋 tiáo pí dǎo dàn

Boys at that age should be able to explore and go off on their own, go on bike rides, get into mischief.

伯格 zhāo tóu 脸上掠过 lu:è guò 一丝调皮 tiáopí de 神情 shén qíng

Berg tilts his head and a mischievous look crosses his face.

调皮 tiáopí Decomposition

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调皮 tiáopí Compounds

See all 58 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 调皮 tiáopí in their composition.

  • diào
      • bèi , , , , , , , zhòu , , , , , cūn , jūn , pèi , , zhā , zhǎn , , bēi , , , , , , , , , pào , , , , , , , zhòu , , , , , , , , , , , bèi , , ,
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