討巧

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
trad. (討巧)		討	巧
simp. (讨巧)		讨	巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎoqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² haau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-khá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoqiǎo [Phonetic: táoqiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎociǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chʻiao³
    • Yale: tǎu-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taocheau
    • Palladius: таоцяо (taocjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² haau²
    • Yale: tóu háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-khá
    • Tâi-lô: thó-khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy'qar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/

Verb

討巧

1. to act artfully to get what one wants; to get the best for oneself at the least expense; to choose the easy way out

Synonyms

• 取巧 (qǔqiǎo)