tǎoyàn

to dislike / to loathe / disagreeable / troublesome / annoying

tǎolùn

to discuss / to talk over / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]

tǎojiàhuánjià

to haggle over price

jiǎntǎo

to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review

tàntǎo

to investigate / to probe

tǎohǎo

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

tǎo

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

tǎolùnhuì

symposium / discussion forum

tǎofàn

to ask for food / to beg

zìtǎokǔchī

to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back