# 挑剔 (tiāoti)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挑剔 (tiāoti) means “picky; fussy”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: picky; fussy
- Pinyin: tiāoti (tiao1 ti5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这位顾客对饭菜的口味很挑剔。
  Zhè wèi gùkè duì fàncài de kǒuwèi hěn tiāoti.
  This customer is very picky about the food's taste.

## Characters

- [挑](https://hanziro.com/word/tiao-choose/) (tiāo): to choose; to pick
- 剔 (tī): to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc)

https://hanziro.com/word/tiao-ti-picky/

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