讨价还价 tǎo jià huán jià

1. bargaining
2. haggling over price

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 讨价还价 will read it the same way this page does.

讨价还价 is written with 4 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

What does 讨价还价 mean in English?

讨价还价 is pronounced tǎo jià huán jià and means bargaining, haggling over price.

How do you pronounce 讨价还价?

讨价还价 is tǎo jià huán jià in pinyin — written taojiahuanjia without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 讨价还价?

讨价还价 is written with 4 characters: 讨 (tǎo) Demand (beg - ask for - denounce - to marry - provoke), 价 (jià) Price (value), 还 (hái / huán) Also (still - even); Return (repay - retaliate), 价 (jià) Price (value). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 讨价还价 written in traditional Chinese?

討價還價. The simplified form 讨价还价 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 討價還價 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced tǎo jià huán jià.

Is 讨价还价 an HSK word?

Yes — 讨价还价 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.