讨厌

討厭

tǎoyàn

verb HSK 5 #582

Meanings

Provoking disgust - something that makes you fed up.

我最讨厌下雨天。

Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn xiàyǔtiān.

I hate rainy days the most.

这个人真讨厌！

Zhège rén zhēn tǎoyàn!

This person is so annoying!

她讨厌吃苦瓜。

Tā tǎoyàn chī kǔguā.

She hates eating bitter melon.

讨厌，你又迟到了！

Tǎoyàn, nǐ yòu chídào le!

Ugh, you're late again!

usage

讨厌 as an exclamation (讨厌!) can be playful or flirtatious when said by a girl to a boy - similar to 'Oh, stop it!' It's not always genuinely negative.

usage

Intensity scale: 不喜欢 (don't like) < 讨厌 (dislike/annoying) < 恨 (hate) < 厌恶 (loathe/detest, formal).

讨 tǎo

厌 yàn