HSK 3 · Common Objects

条 tiáo “strip” in Chinese

Traditional 條

What 条 means

  1. strip
  2. mw for long thin objects
  3. item
  4. article
  5. clause (of law or treaty)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

How to say 条

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale条tiáo2nd tone, rising

条 in a sentence

  1. 这条裙子很适合你。

    Zhè tiáo qúnzi hěn shìhé nǐ.

    This dress really suits you.

    Sentence #335854 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她发了一条短信。

    Tā fā le yì tiáo duǎnxìn.

    She sent a text message.

    Sentence #6956870 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我想买几条裤子。

    Wǒ xiǎng mǎi jǐ tiáo kùzi.

    I’d like to buy a few pairs of trousers.

    Sentence #1216069 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 条 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 条 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
条tiáostrip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidTree 木 gives the meaning: a twig, so the measure word for long, thin things.

How to write 条

条 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

条 (tiáo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 条 (tiáo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 条

Words with 条

面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles条件tiáojiàn · condition苗条miáotiao · (of a woman) slim条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty便条biàntiáo · informal note条理tiáolǐ · order有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly

More words: Everyday Things

伞sǎn · umbrella声音shēngyīn · sound双shuāng · two水平shuǐpíng · level碗wǎn · bowl万wàn · ten thousand位wèi · position习惯xíguàn · habit

FAQs

条 (tiáo) means “strip” or “mw for long thin objects”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it tiáo: tiáo with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 条 is written 條. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 条 from the suggestions. Typing tiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
条 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.