| 討 | [ taǒ ] to invite, to provoke, to demand or ask for, to send armed forces to suppress, to denounce or condemn, to marry (a woman), to discuss or study |
| 討乞 | [ taǒ qǐ ] to go begging, to ask for alms |
| 討人 | [ taǒ rén ] (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute |
| 討人厭 | [ taǒ rén yàn ] horrid |
| 討人喜歡 | [ taǒ rén xǐ huan ] to attract people's affection, charming, delightful |
| 討人嫌 | [ taǒ rén xián ] unpleasant, disagreeable |
| 討伐 | [ taǒ fá ] to suppress by armed force, to send a punitive expedition against, to crusade against |
| 討便宜 | [ taǒ pián yi ] to look for a bargain, to seek advantage, to try to gain at expense of others |
| 討俏 | [ taǒ ] deliberately provocative, saucy |
| 討保 | [ taǒ baǒ ] to ask for bail money |
| 討債 | [ taǒ zhaì ] to demand repayment |
| 討價還價 | [ taǒ jià huán jià ] to haggle over price, to bargain |
| 討厭 | [ taǒ yàn ] to dislike, to loathe, disagreeable, troublesome, annoying |
| 討厭鬼 | [ taǒ yàn guǐ ] disgusting person, slob |
| 討取 | [ taǒ qǔ ] to ask for, to demand |
| 討吃 | [ taǒ chī ] to beg for food |
| 討好 | [ taǒ haǒ ] to get the desired outcome, to win favor by fawning on sb, to curry favor with, a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor |
| 討好賣乖 | [ taǒ haǒ maì ] to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom) |
| 討嫌 | [ taǒ xián ] disagreeable, hateful, a pain in the neck |
| 討小 | [ taǒ ] (coll.) to take a concubine |
| 討巧 | [ taǒ ] to act cleverly to get what one desires, to get the best at least expense |
| 討平 | [ taǒ píng ] to put down (an uprising), to pacify |
| 討底 | [ taǒ dǐ ] to enquire, to demand details |
| 討底兒 | [ taǒ dǐ ] erhua variant of 討底|讨底[tao3 di3] |
| 討拍 | [ taǒ paī ] (Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy |
| 討擾 | [ taǒ raǒ ] I beg to disturb you, I trespass on your hospitality, Thank you for your hospitality! |
| 討教 | [ taǒ ] to consult, to ask for advice |
| 討海 | [ taǒ haǐ ] to make one's living from the sea |
| 討生活 | [ taǒ shēng huó ] to eke out a living, to live from hand to mouth, to drift aimlessly |
| 討究 | [ taǒ jiū ] to investigate |
| 討米 | [ taǒ mǐ ] to beg for food |
| 討論 | [ taǒ lùn ] to discuss, to talk over, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 討論區 | [ taǒ lùn qū ] forum (esp. online), discussion area, feedback |
| 討論會 | [ taǒ lùn huì ] symposium, discussion forum |
| 討論班 | [ taǒ lùn bān ] seminar, workshop |
| 討賬 | [ taǒ zhàng ] to demand payment, to collect overdue payment |
| 討還 | [ taǒ huán ] to ask for sth back, to recover |
| 討飯 | [ taǒ fàn ] to ask for food, to beg |
| 討饒 | [ taǒ raó ] to beg for mercy, to ask for forgiveness |
| ⇒ 乞討 | [ qǐ taǒ ] to beg, to go begging |
| ⇒ 催討 | [ cuī taǒ ] to demand repayment of debt |
| ⇒ 公開討論會 | [ gōng kaī taǒ lùn huì ] open forum |
| ⇒ 南征北討 | [ nán zhēng beǐ taǒ ] war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| ⇒ 吃力不討好 | [ chī lì bù taǒ haǒ ] arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding |
| ⇒ 商討 | [ shāng taǒ ] to discuss, to deliberate |
| ⇒ 奉承討好 | [ fèng cheng taǒ haǒ ] to curry favor, to get the desired outcome by flattery |
| ⇒ 征討 | [ zhēng taǒ ] to go on a punitive expedition |
| ⇒ 拼命討好 | [ pīn mìng taǒ haǒ ] to throw oneself at sb or sth, to bend over backwards to help |
| ⇒ 探討 | [ tàn taǒ ] to investigate, to probe |
| ⇒ 東征西討 | [ dōng zhēng xī taǒ ] war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| ⇒ 東討西征 | [ dōng taǒ xī zhēng ] war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| ⇒ 檢討 | [ jiǎn taǒ ] to examine or inspect, self-criticism, review |
| ⇒ 申討 | [ shēn taǒ ] to denounce |
| ⇒ 研討 | [ yán taǒ ] discussion |
| ⇒ 研討會 | [ yán taǒ huì ] discussion forum, seminar |
| ⇒ 索討 | [ suǒ taǒ ] to demand, to claim |
| ⇒ 聲討 | [ shēng taǒ ] to denounce, to condemn |
| ⇒ 自討沒趣 | [ zì taǒ meí qù ] to invite a snub, to court a rebuff |
| ⇒ 自討苦吃 | [ zì taǒ kǔ chī ] to ask for trouble (idiom), to make a rod for one's own back |
| ⇒ 誅暴討逆 | [ zhū baò taǒ nì ] to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) |
| ⇒ 費力不討好 | [ feì lì bù taǒ haǒ ] arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding |
| ⇒ 追討 | [ zhuī taǒ ] to demand payment of money owing |