挑 衅

tiǎoxìn

“To provoke” in Chinese is 挑衅 (tiǎoxìn).

Meaning

to provoke; provocation

Example

萨米对顾客变得更加挑衅了。

Sami became more aggressive with customers.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

tiāoHSK 49 strokesto carry on a shoulder pole xìnHSK 7-911 strokesquarrel

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