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The Chinese word taoyan - 讨厌 - tǎoyàn
(disgusting in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
tǎoyàn
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English translations
disgusting, to loathe, to despise,
disagreeable, to dislike, to have a dislike of
Chinese characters:
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讨厌 ( taoyan / tǎoyàn ) in traditional characters
討厭
Chinese example sentence with 讨厌 ( taoyan / tǎoyàn ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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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 taoyan lvshi.
Wǒ tǎoyàn lǜshī.
我讨厌律师。
– English translation: I hate lawyers.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to incur | to detest
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