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; skillful; timely
trad. (討巧)		討	巧
simp. (讨巧)		讨	巧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎoqiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² haau²
Min Nan (POJ): thó-khá

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/
Min Nan
- (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

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)

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