讨厌

討厭

tǎoyàn

verb HSK 5 #582

Meanings

Provoking disgust - something that makes you fed up.

HSK 1

我最讨厌下雨天。

Wǒ zuì tǎoyàn xiàyǔtiān.

I hate rainy days the most.

HSK 1

这个人真讨厌！

Zhège rén zhēn tǎoyàn!

This person is so annoying!

HSK 4

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