Chinese symbol for “disagreeable”
讨嫌
tǎo xián
Traditional: 討嫌
disagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disagreeable is 讨嫌 (tǎo xián), defined as: disagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disagreeable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不愉快 | bù yú kuài | disagreeable; unpleasant |
| 乖戾 | guāi lì | perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character) |
| 讨人嫌 (討人嫌) | tǎo rén xián | unpleasant; disagreeable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 讨嫌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 讨厌 (討厭) | tǎo yàn | to dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 研讨会 (研討會) | yán tǎo huì | discussion forum; seminar |
| 检讨 (檢討) | jiǎn tǎo | to examine or inspect; self-criticism |
| 研讨 (研討) | yán tǎo | discussion |
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of |
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disagreeable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.