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討 tǎo

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討 tǎo Meaning

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

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About 討 tǎo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

討 tǎo

Contains the radical

言 yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To ask 言 yán  for something 寸 cùn

Etymology of 討 tǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰言寸

Explanation

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

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Words with 討 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
讨 tǎo to invite討 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

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