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条tiáomeasure word: long objects

Theme
Measure words
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
7
Syllable
tiao

How 条 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

条 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他买了一条裤子。

Tā mǎi le yī tiáo kùzi.

He bought a pair of trousers.

  • 他tāhe
  • 买mǎito buy
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 一yīone
  • 条tiáomeasure word: long objects
  • 裤子kùzitrousers

这条路很长。

Zhè tiáo lù hěn zhǎng.

This road is very long.

  • 这zhèthis
  • 条tiáomeasure word: long objects
  • 路lùroad
  • 很hěnvery
  • 长zhǎngto grow

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.