Chinese symbol for “dislike”
讨厌
tǎo yàn
Traditional: 討厭
to dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dislike is 讨厌 (tǎo yàn), defined as: to dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dislike”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫌 | xián | to dislike; suspicion |
| 怼 (懟) | duì | dislike; hate |
| 憝 | duì | dislike; hate |
| 反感 | fǎn gǎn | to be disgusted with; to dislike |
| 看不惯 (看不慣) | kàn bu guàn | cannot bear to see; to hate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 讨厌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 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 |
| 厌恶 (厭惡) | yàn wù | to loathe; to hate |
| 厌倦 (厭倦) | yàn juàn | to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with |
| 厌烦 (厭煩) | yàn fán | bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dislike”.
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.