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讨

tǎo

HSK 4 Character Traditional 討

What 讨 means

1. to invite
2. to provoke
3. to demand or ask for
4. to send armed forces to suppress
5. to denounce or condemn
6. to marry (a woman)
7. to discuss or study

Example sentences

• 讨厌。
  Charming.
• 猫讨厌水
  Māo tǎoyàn shuǐ
  Cats hate water.
• 我讨厌！
  I hate it!
• 猫讨厌水。
  Cats don't like water.
• 我讨厌你。
  I hate you.
• 我讨厌雪。
  I hate snow!

Words starting with 讨

• 讨论tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
• 讨厌tǎo yànto dislike; to loathe; disagreeable
• 讨价还价tǎo jià huán jiàto haggle over price; to bargain
• 讨好tǎo hǎoto get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with
• 讨论会tǎo lùn huìsymposium; discussion forum
• 讨人喜欢tǎo rén xǐ huanto attract people's affection; charming; delightful
• 讨伐tǎo fáto suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against
• 讨债tǎo zhàito demand repayment
• 讨教tǎo jiàoto consult; to ask for advice
• 讨饭tǎo fànto ask for food; to beg
• 讨人tǎo rén(old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
• 讨保tǎo bǎoto ask for bail money
• 讨取tǎo qǔto ask for; to demand
• 讨小tǎo xiǎo(colloquial) to take a concubine
• 讨平tǎo píngto put down (an uprising); to pacify
• 讨海tǎo hǎito make one's living from the sea
• 讨究tǎo jiūto investigate
• 讨还tǎo huánto ask for sth back; to recover
• 讨生活tǎo shēng huóto eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly
• 讨论区tǎo lùn qūforum (esp. online); discussion area; feedback
• 讨米tǎo mǐto beg for food
• 讨论班tǎo lùn bānseminar; workshop
• 讨喜tǎo xǐendearing; charming; likable
• 讨底tǎo dǐto enquire; to demand details

Words containing 讨

• 探讨tàn tǎoto investigate; to probe
• 检讨jiǎn tǎoto examine or inspect; self-criticism; review
• 研讨会yán tǎo huìdiscussion forum; seminar
• 研讨yán tǎodiscussion
• 乞讨qǐ tǎoto beg; to go begging
• 商讨shāng tǎoto discuss; to deliberate
• 声讨shēng tǎoto denounce; to condemn
• 追讨zhuī tǎoto demand payment of money owing
• 索讨suǒ tǎoto demand; to ask for
• 公开讨论会gōng kāi tǎo lùn huìopen forum
• 申讨shēn tǎoto denounce
• 费力不讨好fèi lì bù tǎo hǎoarduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
• 吃力不讨好chī lì bù tǎo hǎoarduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
• 征讨zhēng tǎoto go on a punitive expedition
• 南征北讨nán zhēng běi tǎowar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
• 东征西讨dōng zhēng xī tǎowar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
• 东讨西征dōng tǎo xī zhēngwar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
• 自讨没趣zì tǎo méi qùto invite a snub; to court a rebuff
• 自讨苦吃zì tǎo kǔ chī(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
• 拼命讨好pīn mìng tǎo hǎoto throw oneself at sb or sth; to bend over backwards to help
• 奉承讨好fèng cheng tǎo hǎoto curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery
• 催讨cuī tǎoto demand repayment of debt
• 诛暴讨逆zhū bào tǎo nìto wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)

Characters that look like 讨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 讶yàastounded