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(Trad.: 討)
Pinyin: tǎo
English Definition: to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
Chinese Definition:
①查究,处治:检讨。
②征伐,发动攻击:讨伐。声讨(宣布罪行而加以抨击)。
③研究,推求:研讨。探讨。
④索取:讨还(huán)。
⑤求,请求:讨教(jiào)。讨饶。
⑥惹:讨厌。讨人喜欢。
⑦娶:讨老婆。
Antonyms:
Total strokes: 5; Radical:
Ideographic: To ask for something
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ cùn ] inch; small, tiny
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Example Words
讨论 tǎo lùn to discuss; to talk over; Classifiers:
探讨 tàn tǎo to investigate; to probe
研讨会 yán tǎo huì discussion forum; seminar
研讨 yán tǎo discussion
讨厌 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
More: 讨* | *讨 | *讨*
Example Sentences
1
I hate it when people curse.
2
I hate seeing other people smoking.
3
We never discuss political issues.
4
This issue requires further discussion.
5
I loathe that noisy colleague.