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讨
討
tǎo
1. to invite
2. to provoke
3. to demand or ask for
4. to send armed forces to suppress
5. to denounce or condemn
6. to marry (a woman)
7. to discuss or study
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

讨
tǎo
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

乞讨
qǐtǎo
to beg
催讨
cuītǎo
to demand repayment of debt
商讨
shāngtǎo
to discuss
征讨
zhēngtǎo
to go on a punitive expedition
探讨
tàntǎo
to investigate
HSK 6
检讨
jiǎntǎo
to examine or inspect
HSK 6
申讨
shēntǎo
to denounce
研讨
yántǎo
discussion
索讨
suǒtǎo
to demand
声讨
shēngtǎo
to denounce
讨乞
tǎoqǐ
to go begging
讨人
tǎorén
(old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
讨伐
tǎofá
to suppress by armed force
讨俏
tǎoqiào
deliberately provocative
讨保
tǎobǎo
to ask for bail money
讨债
tǎozhài
to demand repayment
讨厌
tǎoyàn
to dislike
HSK 4
讨取
tǎoqǔ
to ask for
讨吃
tǎochī
to beg for food
讨好
tǎohǎo
to get the desired outcome
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
832
Word Frequency Rank
2,945 of 84,292

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