讨
tǎo HSK2

to discuss

讨 (討) tǎo
demand verb
to demand, ask for, or beg for

那个乞丐在路边向过路人讨钱。

nà gè qǐ​gài zài lù biān xiàng guò​lù​rén tǎo qián.

The beggar was asking passersby for money on the roadside.

denounce verb
to send armed forces to suppress or to publicly condemn

将军奉命率领精锐部队前去讨平叛乱。

jiāng​jūn fèng​mìng shuài​lǐng jīng​ruì bù​duì qián​qù tǎo píng pàn​luàn.

The general was ordered to lead elite troops to suppress the rebellion.

invite idiom
to invite, provoke, or incur a specific reaction or feeling

他这番话真是自讨没趣。

tā zhè fān huà zhēn shì zì tǎo méi​qù.

His remarks really invited a snub.

marry verb
to marry a woman; to take a wife

他想攒够钱回老家讨个媳妇。

tā xiǎng zǎn​gòu qián huí lǎo​jiā tǎo gè xí​fu.

He wants to save up enough money to go back home and find a wife.

discuss verb
to discuss, study, or investigate

这其中的道理非常深奥，还需细讨。

zhè qí​zhōng de dào​li fēi​cháng shēn'ào, hái xū xì​tǎo.

The logic behind this is very profound and requires further study.

Frequency
Character
Written text
833rd most common 215.6 per million
Movie subtitles
632nd most common 216.7 per million appears in 67% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.5 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
20.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
討
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+8BA8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)