討人

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	man; person; people
trad. (討人)		討	人
simp. (讨人)		讨	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎorén
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-jên²
  - Yale: tǎu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taoren
  - Palladius: таожэнь (taožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² jan⁴
  - Yale: tóu yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: thó-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toylaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Verb

討人

to consult a person; to ask for advice from a person
to demand a person
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 討 / 讨 (tǎo),‎ 人 (rén).

Noun

討人

(historical) girl or woman trafficked into a brothel to work as a prostitute