tiáo 
		strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo jiàn 
		condition
circumstances
term
factor
requirement
prerequisite
qualification
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo kuǎn 
		clause (of contract or law)
CL:項|项[xiang4]
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			tiáo mù 
		clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document)
entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo wén 
		clause
explanatory section in a document
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒu tiáo bù wěn 
		regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo lì 
		regulations
rules
code of conduct
ordinances
statutes
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo fú 
		wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy)
banner
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo lǐ 
		arrangement
order
tidiness
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiào tiáo 
		creed
doctrine
religious dogma
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiàn tiáo 
		line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiāo tiáo 
		bleak
desolate
(economic) depression or slump
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn tiáo 
		chain
CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bái tiáo 
		IOU
informal document acknowledging a debt
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fěn tiáo 
		vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yóu tiáo 
		youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
CL:根[gen1]
slick and sly person
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cí tiáo 
		dictionary entry
lexical item
term
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiáo zi 
		short note
slip of paper
stripe
(slang) cop
(old) prostitute
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biān jí cí tiáo 
		to edit an entry (in online dictionary)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī tiáo lóng 
		lit. one dragon
integrated chain
coordinated process
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			èr shí yī tiáo 
		the Japanese Twenty-one demands of 1925
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo 
		everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiān jué tiáo jiàn 
		precondition
prerequisite
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuē shù tiáo jiàn 
		restrictive condition
constraint
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gōng jù tiáo 
		toolbar (in computer software)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhěng tiáo 
		entire
whole (fish, road etc)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiàn tiáo 
		IOU
certificate of indebtedness
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bì yào tiáo jiàn 
		requirement
necessary condition (math)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fā tiáo 
		spring
coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shǔ tiáo 
		french fries
french fried potatoes
chips