討好

See also: 讨好

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	good; well; be fond of
trad. (討好)		討	好
simp. (讨好)		讨	好

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎohǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² hou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-hó

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. to ingratiate oneself with; to please; to court; to curry favour with
2. (chiefly in the negative) to be rewarded with a good result; to have one's labour rewarded

Synonyms

• (to ingratiate oneself with):

(deprecated template usage)

• 取悅／取悦 (qǔyuè)
• 奉承 (fèngchéng)
• 奉迎 (fèngyíng)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie)
• 恭維／恭维 (gōngwéi)
• 拍馬／拍马 (pāimǎ) (colloquial)
• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì) (colloquial)
• 捧臭腳／捧臭脚 (pěng chòujiǎo)
• 獻殷勤 (xiàn yīnqín)
• 諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)
• 諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú) (literary)
• 趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng)
• 趨附／趋附 (qūfù)
• 逢迎 (féngyíng) (literary)
• 阿諂／阿谄 (ēchǎn) (literary)
• 阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú) (literary)