# 讨厌 (tǎoyàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 讨厌 (tǎoyàn) means “to dislike; annoying”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to dislike; annoying
- Pinyin: tǎoyàn (tao3 yan4)
- Traditional: 討厭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我非常讨厌在下雨天出门。
  Wǒ fēicháng tǎoyàn zài xiàyǔtiān chūmén.
  I really dislike going out on rainy days.

## Characters

- [讨](https://hanziro.com/word/tao-ask/) (tǎo): to ask for; to demand
- 厌 (yàn): to loathe; to be fed up with; to satiate; to satisfy

https://hanziro.com/word/tao-yan-dislike/

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