# 討厭
## Chinese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tǎoyàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^2$ jim$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-yam
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-iàm / thó-ià
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$thau-i
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoyàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǎoyàn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^3$-yen$^4$
*** Yale: tǎu-yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taoyann
*** Palladius: таоянь (taojanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^2$ jim$^3$
*** Yale: tóu yim
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^2$ jim$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^2$ yim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯³⁵ jiːm³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-yam
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$ iam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^3$ yam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ i̯am⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-yam
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$ (r)iam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^3$ yam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ (j)i̯am⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-iàm
*** Tâi-lô: thó-iàm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toyiaxm
*** IPA (Singapore): /tʰo⁴²⁻²⁴ iam²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iam²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iam¹¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-ià
*** Tâi-lô: thó-ià
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toyiax
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$thau-i
*** MiniDict: thau$^去$ i
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$thau-i
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ³³ i⁴⁴/

### Adjective

討厭
* annoying; troublesome; repulsive; disagreeable; uncouth
* (chiefly women's speech, informal) Expresses petulance, frustration or annoyance.
    你真討厭！／你真讨厌！ ― Nǐ zhēn tǎoyàn! ― (playful) You are so annoying!
    討厭死了！／讨厌死了！ ― Tǎoyàn sǐ le! ― (playful) So annoying!
* (Northern Wu, of a situation or issue) difficult to handle; severe

#### Antonyms

* 歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)

#### See also

* (Cantonese) 乞人憎 (“annoying”, literally “to beg people to hate”)
* (Northern Wu) 討惹厭／讨惹厌 (“despicable”, literally “begging to be despised”), 觸氣／触气 (“disagreeable”), 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì, “annoying”)

### Verb

討厭
* to dislike; to loathe; to hate; to despise
       Zuìzhōng wǒmen dōu huó chéng le zìjǐ tǎoyàn de yàngzi. [Pinyin]
       In the end we all lived to become people we despised.

#### Synonyms

* 仇恨 (chóuhèn)
* 作嘔／作呕 (zuò'ǒu) (figurative)
* 厭恨／厌恨 (yànhèn)
* 厭惡／厌恶 (yànwù)
* 唾棄／唾弃 (tuòqì)
* 嫌惡／嫌恶 (xiánwù)
* 嫌憎 (xiánzēng)
* 怨恨 (yuànhèn)
* 恨怒 (hènnù) (literary)
* 恚恨 (huìhèn) (literary)
* 惡嫌／恶嫌 (wùxián) (literary)
* 悵恨／怅恨 (chànghèn) (literary, to be disappointed and resentful)
* 慍恚／愠恚 (yùnhuì) (literary)
* 憤恨／愤恨 (fènhèn)
* 憎恨 (zēnghèn)
* 憎惡／憎恶
* 憤慨／愤慨 (fènkǎi)
* 憤毒／愤毒 (fèndú) (literary)
* 煩惡／烦恶 (fánwù)
* 痛恨 (tònghèn)
* 鄙棄／鄙弃 (bǐqì)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 討厭, 厭惡, 憎惡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 討厭, 不待見 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 討厭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 討厭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 討厭, 惡素 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 格癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 討厭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 討厭, 見不得, 嫌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嫌, 討厭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 嫌, 惡嫌, 討厭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 討厭, 格厭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 厭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 憎, 煩 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 憎, 煩 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 憎 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 嬲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 討厭, 討嫌, 嫌 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 惱 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 討厭, 嬲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嬲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 憎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 惱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 惱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 惱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 惱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 惱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 慼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 討厭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 討厭, 怒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嫌, 顣, 怒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 猌, 㤉, 沖, 沖神, 沖𡳞, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 猌𡳞 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 㤉, 㤉神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 猌, 㤉, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 滷 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 滷 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 滷 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 滷 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 憎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 討厭, 注 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 刻忖, 嫌鄙, 討厭, 難看, 難相 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 討厭, 惡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 討嫌, 厭眼 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 討嫌 |

#### Antonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 好, 喜好, 愛好, 字 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 喜歡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喜歡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喜歡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喜歡, 歡喜, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 喜歡, 歡喜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喜歡, 愛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喜歡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 歡喜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 喜歡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 中意, 歡喜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 中意, 好 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 歡喜, 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 爽心, 中意 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 中意, 歡喜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 中意, 喜歡 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 中意, 蘇格 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 中意 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 中意 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 歡喜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 歡喜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 中意, 合意, 好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 中意, 好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佮意, 愛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 中意 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 蘇格 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 喜歡, 歡喜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喜歡, 待見 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 愛, 喜歡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 歡喜, 中意, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 歡喜, 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佮意, 意愛, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 舒合, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 舒合, 愛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 愛, 佮意 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 歡喜, 愛, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 歡喜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 愛, 癮$_2$, 尚, 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 喜歡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 舒合 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 歡喜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 中意 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 字 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 歡喜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歡喜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 喜歡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 喜歡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喜歡 |