HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

挑拨

tiǎobō

Traditional: 挑撥

to incite disharmony

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 挑拨 in English

tiǎobōHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9445
  1. to incite disharmony
  2. to instigate

Characters

挑 on its own →
tiāo · to carry on a shoulder pole

HSK words with 挑

拨 on its own →
bō · classifier: group, batch

HSK words with 拨

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences