挑嘴

tiāozuǐ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 picky about food
  2. 2 fussy eater

Examples

Wǒ érzi hěn tiāozuǐ, bú ài chī qīngcài.
My son is a picky eater — he doesn't like green vegetables.
Tā tiāozuǐ, suǒyǐ zǒngshì zìjǐ zuò fàn.
She's fussy about food, so she always cooks for herself.

Tips

usage
Near-synonyms: 挑食 (tiāoshí) — picky about food, very common in mainland; (zuǐdiāo) — discerning palate, can be neutral or positive (a refined eater). 挑嘴 lands in the middle, slightly negative but mild.
mistakes
There's a separate reading 挑嘴 (tiǎozuǐ, 3rd tone on ) meaning 'to sow discord by tale-bearing'. The food-picky meaning takes 1st tone — tiāozuǐ.

Stroke Order

tiāo
zuǐ