讨好

讨好 tǎohǎo in a sentence

Ingratiating (ingratiate - beg for them to like - curry favor)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

讨好 (tǎohǎo) means Ingratiating (ingratiate - beg for them to like - curry favor). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他从不 讨好 任何人。

Tā cóng bù tǎohǎo rènhé rén.

He never tries to curry favour with anyone.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 讨好

这件事做了也不 讨好 。

Zhè jiàn shì zuò le yě bù tǎohǎo.

Doing this earns no thanks either.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 讨好

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How is 讨好 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 讨好 (tǎohǎo, "Ingratiating (ingratiate - beg for them to like - curry favor)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 讨好 an HSK word?

Yes — 讨好 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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