讨厌

Character by character

• 讨tǎo5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 討to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry
• 厌yàn6 strokesHSK 4 traditional 厭dislike, detest, reject; satiate

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我不讨厌你。

  Wǒ bù tǎo yàn nǐ

  I don't hate you.

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• 不要讨厌我。

  Bù yào tǎo yàn wǒ

  Don't hate me.

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• 我讨厌那种事。

  Wǒ tǎo yàn nà zhǒng shì

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

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• 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.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 讨厌. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 讨论tǎo lùnHSK 2

  to discuss; to talk over

• 讨tǎoHSK 7

  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

• 探讨tàn tǎoHSK 6

  to investigate; to probe

• 厌倦yàn juànHSK 7

  to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with

• 厌恶yàn wù

  to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth

• 讨好tǎo hǎoHSK 7

  to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor

• 商讨shāng tǎoHSK 7

  to discuss; to deliberate

• 讨价还价tǎo jià huán jiàHSK 7

  to haggle over price; to bargain

• 厌烦yàn fánHSK 7

  bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth

• 乞讨qǐ tǎoHSK 7

  to beg; to go begging

• 检讨jiǎn tǎoHSK 7

  to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review

• 研讨yán tǎoHSK 7

  discussion

• 讨人喜欢tǎo rén xǐ huanHSK 7

  to attract people's affection; charming; delightful