討好

See also: 讨好

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎohǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hou²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): thó-hó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎohǎo [Phonetic: táohǎo]
  - 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⁾/
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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-hó
  - Tâi-lô: thó-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toy'hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/

Verb

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

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

兩面不討好／两面不讨好 (liǎngmiàn bù tǎohǎo)
吃力不討好／吃力不讨好 (chīlì bù tǎohǎo)
喫力不討好／吃力不讨好
討好賣乖／讨好卖乖

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