討好
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See also: 讨好
Chinese
[edit]ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry |
good; well; be fond of | ||
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trad. (討好) | 討 | 好 | |
simp. (讨好) | 讨 | 好 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǎohǎo
- Wade–Giles: tʻao3-hao3
- Yale: tǎu-hǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taohao
- Palladius: таохао (taoxao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 hou2
- Yale: tóu hóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 hou2
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 hou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
[edit]討好
- to ingratiate oneself with; to please; to court; to curry favour with
- (chiefly in the negative) to be rewarded with a good result; to have one's labour rewarded