tā tǎoyàn děng.

In Mandarin, 讨厌 can take a verb phrase as its object. So 讨厌 + 等 means to hate waiting.

English usually turns the second verb into -ing: hate waiting. Chinese does not need a special -ing form here. The bare verb 等 already carries the idea of waiting as an activity.

So the pattern is:

subject + 讨厌 + verb phrase

For example:

• 我讨厌跑步。 = I hate running.
• 他讨厌等。 = He hates waiting.

Here, 等 means to wait.

It can be used:

• with an object: 等人 = wait for someone, 等车 = wait for a bus
• without an object: 等 = wait, or waiting in general

In this sentence, it means waiting in general, not waiting for any specific person or thing.

It is understandable, but it sounds a little short or clipped by itself.

Native speakers might also say:

• 他讨厌等待。 = He hates waiting.
• 他讨厌等人。 = He hates waiting for people.
• 他不喜欢等。 = He doesn’t like waiting.

So 他讨厌等。 is grammatically fine for a simple learning example, but in everyday speech, a slightly fuller version is often more natural.

Chinese often leaves out the object when it is general, obvious, or unimportant.

So 等 here does not mean wait for something specific. It means the act of waiting itself.

This is similar to English:

• He hates waiting.

You do not have to say exactly what he is waiting for unless it matters.

The sentence follows this pattern:

他 + 讨厌 + 等

• 他 = subject
• 讨厌 = main verb, to hate / dislike
• 等 = verb used as the object of 讨厌

So the whole sentence means: He hates waiting.

This is a common Mandarin pattern:

• 我喜欢看书。 = I like reading books.
• 她讨厌做饭。 = She hates cooking.
• 他讨厌等。 = He hates waiting.

Here, 讨厌 is a verb meaning to hate or to dislike strongly.

But 讨厌 can also be used as an adjective in other contexts, where it means annoying or hateful.

Compare:

• 我讨厌他。 = I hate him. → 讨厌 is a verb
• 这个人很讨厌。 = This person is annoying. → 讨厌 is adjective-like

In 他讨厌等。, it is clearly a verb because it is followed by 等, the thing/action he hates.

讨厌 is usually stronger than 不喜欢.

• 不喜欢 = do not like
• 讨厌 = dislike a lot, hate, can’t stand

So:

• 他不喜欢等。 = He doesn’t like waiting.
• 他讨厌等。 = He hates waiting.

If you want a milder, more everyday feeling, 不喜欢 is often safer. 讨厌 sounds stronger and more emotional.

In writing, 他 normally means he.

But in spoken Mandarin, 他, 她, and 它 are all pronounced tā. So when you only hear the sentence, you cannot tell from pronunciation alone whether it means:

• he
• she
• or sometimes it

In this written sentence, though, 他 specifically means he.

Both can mean to wait, but they feel a little different.

• 等 is the common everyday verb
• 等待 is a bit more formal or literary

So:

• 他讨厌等。 sounds shorter and more conversational
• 他讨厌等待。 sounds a little more polished or formal

In many simple sentences, either can work. Learners should know that 等 is very common in daily speech.

The pronunciation is:

• 他 = tā (first tone)
• 讨厌 = tǎoyàn (third tone + fourth tone)
• 等 = děng (third tone)

There is no special tone change in 讨厌 itself.

In natural speech, the third tone in 讨 is often pronounced as a low tone rather than a full dipping tone because it comes before a fourth tone. That is normal connected speech pronunciation.