(diāo) — Chinese character

diāo ·to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) ·5 strokes HSK 7-9

The character is pronounced diāo and means to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone).

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HSK level

HSK 7-9

is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 7-9. The highest band of the test: academic and professional mastery.