讨厌討厭 tǎoyàn — annoying, disagreeable, irritating
tǎoyàn (third tone, dipping)tao3yan4
Traditional: 討厭
annoying, disagreeable, irritating
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjectiveverb
Meanings
annoying, disagreeable, irritating
Irritating enough to spoil the mood — noise at night, an insect in the room, a habit that grates. As a verb it takes an object directly: 我讨厌下雨天, I can’t stand rainy days — no 对 or 跟 needed.
adjectiveto dislike, to find annoying, to be sick of
verb
Example sentences
- 这个人说话很讨厌。這個人說話很討厭。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising) shuōhuà (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) tǎoyàn. (third tone, dipping)···
This person’s way of talking is really annoying.
- 我最讨厌下雨天，出门很不方便。我最討厭下雨天，出門很不方便。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuì (fourth tone, falling) tǎoyàn (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping) tiān, (first tone, high and level) chūmén (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) fāngbiàn. (first tone, high and level)···
I hate rainy days most — it’s very inconvenient to go out.
Common mistakes
Not quite我很讨厌对这个天气。
Correct我很讨厌这个天气。
讨厌 as a verb reaches directly for what it dislikes; adding 对 in front, on the model of English "annoyed at/by", is a mismatch — the object follows with nothing between.