Chinese word dictionary

撩拨

liáo bō · to provoke; to tease

Practice word

Word information

Simplified撩拨

Traditional撩撥

Pinyinliáo bō

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

撩liāo

to lift, to raise; to provoke, to tease; to push aside clothing

拨bō

to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate

How to learn 撩拨

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

拨打bōdǎ

to call; to dial

拨bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch

拨款bōkuǎn

to allocate funds; appropriation

挑拨tiǎobō

to incite disharmony; to instigate