HSK 4 · Verbs

讨论 tǎolùn “to discuss” in Chinese

Traditional 討論

What 讨论 means

  1. to discuss
  2. to talk over

How to say 讨论

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale讨tǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale论lùn4th tone, falling

讨论 in a sentence

  1. 我想和你讨论一些事情。

    Wǒ xiǎng hé nǐ tǎolùn yìxiē shìqing.

    I’d like to discuss something with you.

    Sentence #1363311 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 让我们马上讨论这个问题吧。

    Ràng wǒmen mǎshàng tǎolùn zhè ge wèntí ba.

    Let’s discuss this right now.

    Sentence #335620 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他们决定结束讨论。

    Tāmen juédìng jiéshù tǎolùn.

    They decided to end the discussion.

    Sentence #9922154 from Tatoeba

How 讨论 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 讨 (tǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
讨tǎoto invite
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 论 (lùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
论lùnopinion
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 仑logical reasons · lún

How to write 讨论

讨 5 strokes · 论 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

讨论 (tǎolùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 讨论 (tǎolùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 讨论

Words with 讨

讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism探讨tàntǎo · to discuss讨好tǎohǎo · to please

Words with 论

无论wúlùn · no matter what or how辩论biànlùn · debate议论yìlùn · to comment争论zhēnglùn · to argue论文lùnwén · paper理论lǐlùn · theory结论jiélùn · conclusion论证lùnzhèng · to prove评论pínglùn · to comment on言论yánlùn · speech

More words: Thinking & Talking

商量shāngliang · to consult熟悉shúxī · to be familiar with说明shuōmíng · to explain谈tán · to speak提醒tíxǐng · to remind填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)通知tōngzhī · to notify误会wùhuì · to misunderstand

FAQs

讨论 (tǎolùn) means “to discuss” or “to talk over”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tǎolùn: tǎo with a 3rd tone, then lùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 讨论 is written 討論. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taolun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 讨论 from the suggestions. Typing taolun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
讨论 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.