How to say it in Chinese

Hate in Chinese

to hate · HSK 4

讨厌 tǎo yàn

  1. 讨 tǎo to ask for
  2. 厌 yàn to be fed up with

我讨厌下雨天。 I hate rainy days.

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Other ways to say hate

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How do you say hate in Chinese?

Hate in Chinese is 讨厌 (tǎo yàn). You can also say 恨 (hèn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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