DICTIONARY
The Chinese word tao - 讨 - tǎo
(to demand in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
tǎo
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English translations
to demand, to take, to incur, to send a punitive expedition against,
to ask for
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 讨 ( tǎo ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
讨 ( tao / tǎo ) in traditional characters
討
Chinese example sentence with 讨 ( tao / tǎo ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using the Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using the Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Wo hen taoyan xiayu tian.
Wǒ hěn tǎoyàn xiàyǔ tiān.
我很讨厌下雨天。
– English translation: I really hate rainy days.
Character complexity
讨 is composed of 5 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to beg | to name a price
讨 ( tao / tǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 861)
讨 ( tao / tǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 861)
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