Word information
Simplified讨好
Traditional討好
Pinyintǎohǎo
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
讨好
tǎohǎo · to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
Character breakdown
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How to learn 讨好
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好hǎo
good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
你好nǐhǎohello; hi