What 讨价还价 means
- To haggle over price†
- to bargain†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 讨价还价, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does 讨价还价 mean in English?
讨价还价 is pronounced tǎojiàhuánjià and means To haggle over price, to bargain †.
How do you pronounce 讨价还价?
讨价还价 is tǎojiàhuánjià 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 tǎojiàhuánjià.
Is 讨价还价 an HSK word?
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