條

tiáo

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Measure word

條 (tiáo) is a Chinese word meaning “strip”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. strip
  2. item
  3. article
  4. clause (of law or treaty)
  5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Stroke order

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Example

我買了一條魚。

I bought a fish.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).