tǎo

to demand or ask for; to provoke; to discuss or study

Character data

Radical ⾔ (149.3)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Stroke order

討 stroke order diagram

Words containing 討

Word Meaning
to send a punitive expedition against
to look for a bargain; to seek advantage
deliberately provocative; saucy
to ask for bail money
to demand repayment
to bargain; to haggle over price
to dislike; annoying; troublesome
disgusting person; slob
to ask for; to demand
to beg for food
to curry favor with; to win favor by fawning on sb
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
disagreeable; a pain in the neck; hateful
(coll.) to take a concubine
to act cleverly to get what one desires
to put down (an uprising); to pacify
to enquire; to demand details
erhua variant of tǎo dǐ
TW (coll.) to seek sympathy
I beg to disturb you; I trespass on your hospitality
to ask for advice; to consult
to make one's living from the sea
to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth
to investigate
to beg for food