討厭

See also: 讨厌

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	loathe
trad. (討厭)		討	厭
simp. (讨厌)		讨	厌

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎoyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² jim³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-yam
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-iàm / thó-ià
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thau-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎoyàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-yen⁴
  - Yale: tǎu-yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taoyann
  - Palladius: таоянь (taojanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² jim³
  - Yale: tóu yim
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² jim³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² yim³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ jiːm³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-yam
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ iam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to³ yam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ i̯am⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-yam
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ (r)iam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to³ yam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ (j)i̯am⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-iàm
  - Tâi-lô: thó-iàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toyiaxm
  - IPA (Singapore): /tʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ iam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-ià
  - Tâi-lô: thó-ià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toyiax
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thau-i
  - MiniDict: thau^去 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thau-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ³³ i⁴⁴/

Adjective

討厭

annoying; troublesome; repulsive; disagreeable; uncouth
(chiefly women's speech, informal) Expresses petulance, frustration or annoyance.
你真討厭！／你真讨厌！ ― Nǐ zhēn tǎoyàn! ― (playful) You are so annoying!

討厭死了！／讨厌死了！ ― Tǎoyàn sǐ le! ― (playful) So annoying!
(Northern Wu, of a situation or issue) difficult to handle; severe

Antonyms

歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)

Verb

討厭

to dislike; to loathe; to hate; to despise
最終我們都活成了自己討厭的樣子。 [MSC, trad.]
最终我们都活成了自己讨厌的样子。 [MSC, simp.]
Zuìzhōng wǒmen dōu huó chéng le zìjǐ tǎoyàn de yàngzi. [Pinyin]
In the end we all lived to become people we despised.

Synonyms

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仇恨 (chóuhèn)
作嘔 / 作呕 (zuò'ǒu) (figurative)
厭恨 / 厌恨 (yànhèn)
厭惡 / 厌恶 (yànwù)
唾棄 / 唾弃 (tuòqì)
嫌惡 / 嫌恶 (xiánwù)
嫌憎 (xiánzēng)
怨恨 (yuànhèn)
恨怒 (hènnù) (literary)
恚恨 (huìhèn) (literary)
惡嫌 / 恶嫌 (wùxián) (literary)
悵恨 / 怅恨 (chànghèn) (literary, to be disappointed and resentful)
慍恚 / 愠恚 (yùnhuì) (literary)
憤恨 / 愤恨 (fènhèn)
憎恨 (zēnghèn)
憎惡 / 憎恶
憤慨 / 愤慨 (fènkǎi)
憤毒 / 愤毒 (fèndú) (literary)
煩惡 / 烦恶 (fánwù)
痛恨 (tònghèn)
鄙棄 / 鄙弃 (bǐqì)

Dialectal synonyms of 討厭 (“to dislike; to loathe; to hate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		討厭, 厭惡, 憎惡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	討厭, 不待見
	Taiwan	討厭
	Singapore	討厭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	討厭, 惡素
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	格癢
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	討厭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	討厭, 見不得, 嫌
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	嫌, 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嫌, 惡嫌, 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	討厭, 格厭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	憎
	Hong Kong	憎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	厭
	Macau	憎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	憎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	憎
	Foshan	憎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	憎
	Foshan (Shunde)	憎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	憎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	憎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	憎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	憎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	憎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	憎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	憎
	Taishan	憎, 煩
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憎, 煩
	Enping (Niujiang)	憎
	Heshan (Yayao)	憎
	Dongguan	憎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	憎
	Yangjiang	嬲
Gan	Nanchang	討厭, 討嫌, 嫌
Hakka	Meixian	惱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	討厭, 嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	憎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	惱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	惱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	慼
Jin	Taiyuan	討厭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討厭, 怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫌, 顣, 怒
Southern Min	Xiamen	猌, 㤉, 沖, 沖神, 沖𡳞, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 猌𡳞 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Quanzhou	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Jinjiang	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	猌, 㤉, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Penang (Hokkien)	滷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滷
	Manila (Hokkien)	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar
	Chaozhou	滷
	Jieyang	滷
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	憎
Wu	Suzhou	討厭, 注
	Ningbo	刻忖, 嫌鄙, 討厭, 難看, 難相
	Wenzhou	討厭, 惡
Xiang	Changsha	討嫌, 厭眼
Xiang	Shuangfeng	討嫌

Antonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意, 蘇格
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮₂, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡