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讨

Character

讨 tǎo

HSK 2Character

to talk about something with other people; to discuss (as in 讨论 tǎo lùn)

Radical
讠
Strokes
5
Structure
Left–right
Parts
讠寸
Traditional
討
Frequency
#822 most common character
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Meaning

tǎo

tao3
  1. to talk about something with other people; to discuss (as in 讨论 tǎo lùn)
  2. to not like someone or something; annoying (as in 讨厌 tǎo yàn)
  3. to ask someone to give you money or food (as in 讨钱 tǎo qián)

Examples

  • 我们讨论一下这个问题吧。

    wǒ men tǎo lùn yí xià zhè ge wèn tí ba

    Let's talk about this question.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 我很讨厌下雨天。

    wǒ hěn tǎo yàn xià yǔ tiān

    I really don't like rainy days.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 他在门口讨钱。

    tā zài mén kǒu tǎo qián

    He is asking for money at the door.

    AI-generated sentence

Stroke order

All 5 strokes

Speed

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Words with 讨

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讨论tǎo lùnto talk about something with other peopleWordHSK 2讨厌tǎo yànto not like someone or somethingWordHSK 5讨好tǎo hǎoto try hard to make someone like youWordHSK 7–9讨人喜欢tǎo rén xǐ huaneasy to like; making people feel goodWordHSK 7–9讨价还价tǎo jià huán jiàto talk about a price and try to make it lowerWordHSK 7–9讨乞tǎo qǐto go beggingWord讨人tǎo rén(old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostituteWord讨伐tǎo fáto suppress by armed forceWord讨俏tǎo qiàodeliberately provocativeWord讨保tǎo bǎoto ask for bail moneyWord讨债tǎo zhàito demand repaymentWord讨取tǎo qǔto ask forWord

Same radical 讠

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