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厭

yàn

dislike, detest, reject; satiate

Strokes
14
Radical
厂
HSK
—
Tone
4

Other readings: yā

Simplified form: 厌

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 厌, the simplified form of 厭. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我讨厌那种事。

    Wǒ tǎo yàn nà zhǒng shì

    I don't go in for that sort of thing.

  • 我不讨厌你。

    Wǒ bù tǎo yàn nǐ

    I don't hate you.

  • 不要讨厌我。

    Bù yào tǎo yàn wǒ

    Don't hate me.

  • 这些人讨厌所有的外国人。

    Zhè xiē rén tǎo yàn suǒ yǒu de wài guó rén

    These people hate all foreigners.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 厌

  • 讨厌tǎo yàn 3–4 to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
  • 厌恶yàn wù 4–4 to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
  • 厌倦yàn juàn 4–4 to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
  • 厌烦yàn fán 4–2 bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth