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討

简讨 · 繁討

Mandarin · pinyin tǎo

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討: Look up this written character
讨: tǎo · to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry

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3 · tao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 討. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

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to send armed forces to suppress
to denounce; to condemn
to examine; to discuss
to ask for; to beg
to invite
to marry (a wife)
(Zhao'an Hakka) to want
(Zhao'an Hakka) to be about to
(Penang Hokkien) to apply e.g. job, funding

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