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
Min Nan (POJ): thó-hó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tǎohǎo [Phonetic: táohǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taohao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² hou²
  - Yale: tóu hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² hou²
  - 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
(usually in the negative) to be rewarded with a good result; to have one's labour rewarded

Synonyms

(to ingratiate oneself with):

Synonyms of 討好

奉承 (fèngchéng)
巴結／巴结 (bājie)
恭維／恭维 (gōngwéi)
拍馬／拍马 (pāimǎ) (colloquial)
拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāimǎpì) (colloquial)
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)
阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú) (literary)

Derived terms

兩面不討好／两面不讨好
吃力不討好／吃力不讨好 (chīlì bù tǎohǎo)

喫力不討好／喫力不讨好
討好賣乖／讨好卖乖

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