挑

to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

(bound form) omen / to foretell / million; mega- / (Tw) trillion; tera- / (old) billion

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

picky / fussy

to be picky / to be choosy

to entice / to arouse / to provoke

to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience

to sow discord everywhere

to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism

fascia / eaves board

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)

to select very carefully

to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]