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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

讨 tǎo
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes
厌 yàn
to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dislike”

WordPinyinMeaning
嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion
怼 (懟)duìdislike; hate
憝duìdislike; hate
反感fǎn gǎnto be disgusted with; to dislike
看不惯 (看不慣)kàn bu guàncannot bear to see; to hate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讨厌.

WordPinyinMeaning
讨论 (討論)tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
探讨 (探討)tàn tǎoto investigate; to probe
研讨会 (研討會)yán tǎo huìdiscussion forum; seminar
检讨 (檢討)jiǎn tǎoto examine or inspect; self-criticism
研讨 (研討)yán tǎodiscussion
厌恶 (厭惡)yàn wùto loathe; to hate
厌倦 (厭倦)yàn juànto be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
厌烦 (厭煩)yàn fánbored; 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.

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