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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)

讨吃
tǎochī
to beg for food
讨好
tǎohǎo
to get the desired outcome
HSK 6
讨平
tǎopíng
to put down (an uprising)
讨嫌
tǎoxián
disagreeable
讨小
tǎoxiǎo
(coll.) to take a concubine
讨巧
tǎoqiǎo
to act cleverly to get what one desires
讨账
tǎozhàng
to demand payment
征讨
zhēngtǎo
to go on a punitive expedition
乞讨
qǐtǎo
to beg
探讨
tàntǎo
to investigate
HSK 6
讨论
tǎolùn
to discuss
HSK 4
讨米
tǎomǐ
to beg for food
检讨
jiǎntǎo
to examine or inspect
HSK 6
申讨
shēntǎo
to denounce
研讨
yántǎo
discussion
催讨
cuītǎo
to demand repayment of debt
索讨
suǒtǎo
to demand
声讨
shēngtǎo
to denounce
讨究
tǎojiū
to investigate
讨教
tǎojiào
to consult

Metadata

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

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