讨论
tǎo lùn 3–4
to discuss; to talk over
- Characters
- 2
- 讨 · 论
- Syllables
- 2
- tǎo lùn
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,047
Part of speech: v,vn
Character by character
- 讨tǎo5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 討to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry
- 论lùn6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 論debate; discuss; discourse
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
不许讨论。
Bù xǔ tǎo lùn
No discussion.
他们在讨论谁？
Tā men zài tǎo lùn shéi
Who were they talking about?
我们不要讨论它。
Wǒ men bù yào tǎo lùn tā
Let's not discuss it.
他们在讨论我们吗？
Tā men zài tǎo lùn wǒ men ma
Are they talking about us?
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 讨论. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 无论wú lùnHSK 4
no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- 讨厌tǎo yànHSK 5
to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- 理论lǐ lùnHSK 3
theory; to argue; to take notice of
- 评论píng lùnHSK 5
to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary
- 结论jié lùnHSK 4
conclusion; verdict; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- 不论bù lùnHSK 3
whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- 论文lùn wénHSK 4
paper; treatise; thesis; to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
- 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
- 无论如何wú lùn rú héHSK 7
whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
- 谈论tán lùnHSK 7
to discuss; to talk about
- 争论zhēng lùnHSK 4
to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
- 言论yán lùnHSK 7
expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- 探讨tàn tǎoHSK 6
to investigate; to probe
- 论坛lùn tánHSK 7
forum (for discussion)
- 辩论biàn lùnHSK 4
debate; argument; to argue over
- 舆论yú lùnHSK 7
public opinion
- 议论yì lùnHSK 4
to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion
- 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
- 定论dìng lùnHSK 7
final conclusion; accepted argument
- 论证lùn zhèngHSK 7
to prove a point; to expound on; to demonstrate or prove (through argument); proof
- 乞讨qǐ tǎoHSK 7
to beg; to go begging
- 相提并论xiāng tí bìng lùnHSK 7
to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)