HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

讨好

tǎohǎo

Traditional: 討好

to get the desired outcome

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Meaning of 讨好 in English

tǎohǎoHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9374
  1. to get the desired outcome
  2. to win favor by fawning on sb
  3. to curry favor with
  4. a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor

Example sentences

  1. 他竭尽全力地讨好他老婆。
    tā jié jìn quán lì dì tǎo hǎo tā lǎo pó。
    He bent over backward to please his wife.
    Tatoeba #2516527 by fenfang557 · #296803 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

讨 on its own →
tǎo · to invite

HSK words with 讨

讨论HSK 4讨厌HSK 4探讨HSK 6研讨HSK 6讨HSK 7–9检讨HSK 7–9乞讨HSK 7–9商讨HSK 7–9讨价还价HSK 7–9
好 on its own →
hǎo · good

HSK words with 好

好HSK 1好吃HSK 1好看HSK 1好听HSK 1你好HSK 1好玩儿HSK 1爱好HSK 2不好意思HSK 2好多HSK 3好久HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences