挑
select; carry on a shoulder pole
Meanings
5 senses · 25 examplesverb
to choose; to pick out
Used when selecting from multiple options, often with a personal preference.
She is picking out her favorite clothes to buy.
Please help me pick the best apple.
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The teacher let us choose our favorite text to recite.
He chose the highest-rated restaurant for dinner.
You should consider the other person's preferences when picking a gift.
verb
to nitpick; to find fault
neutral, often negative in contextUsed when someone unfairly criticizes small, unimportant flaws.
He always nitpicks others' flaws and never reflects on himself.
The boss shouldn't always nitpick the employees' small mistakes.
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Stop nitpicking, this is already the best option.
Mom always finds fault with the room I cleaned.
He intentionally found fault to delay the project.
verb
to carry on a shoulder pole
formal, often used in rural or manual labor contextsRefers to transporting goods using a shoulder pole with baskets or containers on both ends.
The farmer uncle carries water to irrigate the fields every day.
He carried two baskets of soil to fill the pit.
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The vendor carrying goods on a shoulder pole was hawking at the market.
In the past, people in the mountains carried goods down the mountain to trade for daily necessities.
The workers carried building materials to the construction site.
noun
shoulder pole load; carrying pole
informalShortened from 挑子, refers to a load carried on a shoulder pole, often used in colloquial speech with the 儿 suffix.
There's a sugar painting vendor with a shoulder pole load by the roadside.
The waste collector pushes a cart that is more convenient than a shoulder pole load.
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In old Beijing, there were often vendors selling candied hawthorns with shoulder pole loads on the streets.
He packed up his shoulder pole load and prepared to go to the market.
The barber with a shoulder pole load on the street had excellent skills.
measure word
measure word for pole loads
informalUsed to count goods carried on a single shoulder pole, often with the 儿 suffix in colloquial speech.
There's a pole load of cabbages on sale at the market.
I bought a pole load of fresh peaches.
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The farmer brought a pole load of eggs to sell.
The vendor carried two pole loads of fruit across the street.
She wholesale a pole load of vegetables to set up a stall.