# 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ) means “to provoke; to stir up; to shoulder”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to provoke; to stir up; to shoulder
- Pinyin: tiǎoqǐ (tiao3 qi3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要故意挑起他们之间的争吵。
  Búyào gùyì tiǎoqǐ tāmen zhījiān de zhēngchǎo.
  Don't deliberately stir up arguments between them.

## Characters

- [挑](https://hanziro.com/word/tiao-choose/) (tiāo): to choose; to pick
- [起](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-get-up/) (qǐ): to get up; to rise

https://hanziro.com/word/tiao-qi-provoke/

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