(tǎo yàn) - to dislike, to hate; annoying, disgusting in Mandarin
tǎoyànTraditional: 討厭
Translation
to dislike, to hate; annoying, disgusting
Word origin
A compound of 討 (tǎo) 'to demand, to discuss' and 厭 (yàn) 'to loathe, to be fed up'. 討 has 言 (speech) with 寸 (a hand); 厭 has 厂 (cliff) with a phonetic body. Together they mean to dislike or, as an adjective, annoying.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 討 (tǎo: 言 speech + 寸 hand) + 厭 (yàn, to loathe)
Stroke order
讨
厌
Examples
雨。
I hate rainy days.
！
You are so annoying!
。
This kind of behaviour is annoying.
雨。
I really hate rainy days.
，。
He is so annoying, always late.
讨厌 (tǎo yàn) means to dislike or find disgusting as a verb, and annoying or hateful as an adjective. 讨 means to seek or demand and 厌 means to be fed up or disgusted. Together they express strong distaste. 我讨厌 + thing (I hate/dislike X) is a direct expression of aversion. As an exclamation 讨厌！ (how annoying! / I hate it!) conveys irritation, sometimes in a light or playful way between close speakers. The antonym is 喜欢 (xǐ huān, to like).
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