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tǎo

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tǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǎo | tao3
English translation
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
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for

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About tǎo

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

tǎo

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To ask  yán  for something  cùn

Etymology of tǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

讠寸

Explanation

Simplified form of tǎo . Depicts using speech ( yán ) and one's hands ( cùn ) to ask for something.

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Example sentences using tǎo

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他们 tā men 一直 yīzhí xiǎng 所有 suǒyǒu 讨厌 tǎoyàn de 工作 gōngzuò 再次 zài cì wǎng 身上 shēn shang tuī .

They've been trying to push all the unpleasant jobs on me again.

下面 xià miàn jiē Zhōng 我们 wǒmen jiāng 详细 xiángxì 讨论 tǎolùn 这些 zhè xiē 步骤 bùzhòu .

We discuss each of these steps in detail in the following sections.

zài zhè běn Shū 讨论 tǎolùn 它们 tā men huì 使 shǐ 我们 wǒmen tài 离题 lí tí le .

To examine them in this book would take us too far afield.

我们 wǒmen 十分 shífēn 详细 xiángxì de 讨论 tǎolùn le 浓密 nóng mì de Lěng 分子 fèn zǐ yún 如何 rúhé 凝聚 níngjù Chéng yuán 恒星 héng xīng .

We recounted in detail how dense, cool molecular clouds condense into protostars.

zài 6.11 jiē Zhōng 节中, jiāng 讨论 tǎolùn zhù xíng 空腔 kōng qiāng 问题 wèntí .

In Section 6 . 11 the cylindrical cavity problem is discussed.

Words with tǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
讨厌 tǎoyàn to dislike討厭
讨论 tǎolùn to discuss討論
探讨 tàntǎo to probe探討
tǎo to invite tǎo
研讨会 yán tǎo huì seminar研討會
讨好 tǎohǎo to get the desired outcome討好
讨价还价 tǎojiàhuánjià to haggle over price討價還價
检讨 jiǎntǎo review檢討
商讨 shāng tǎo to discuss商討
研讨 yán tǎo discussion研討
乞讨 qǐ tǎo to beg乞討
讨论会 tǎo lùn huì symposium討論會
讨伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force討伐
声讨 shēng tǎo to denounce聲討
讨债 tǎo zhài to demand repayment討債
自讨苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī to ask for trouble (idiom)自討苦吃
讨教 tǎo jiào to consult討教
讨饭 tǎo fàn to beg討飯
征讨 zhēng tǎo to go on a punitive expedition征討
讨还 tǎo huán to recover討還
讨巧 tǎo qiǎo to get the best at least expense討巧
吃力不讨好 chī lì bù tǎo hǎo arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding吃力不討好
自讨没趣 zì tǎo méi qù to invite a snub自討沒趣
讨嫌 tǎo xián hateful討嫌
讨生活 tǎo shēng huó to eke out a living討生活

tǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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tǎo Decomposition

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