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To haggle over price in Chinese: 讨价还价 (tǎo jià huán jià)

tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle over price

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 討價還價1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to haggle over price
  2. 2to bargain

Stroke order

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讨
价
还
价

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄠˇ

tǎo

ㄊ/ tㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄚˋ

jià

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄢˊ

huán

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄚˋ

jià

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

讨价还价

Simplified

討價還價

Traditional

Example sentences

See 讨价还价 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 在市场买菜要学会讨价还价。

    zài shì chǎng mǎi cài yào xué huì tǎo jià huán jià。

    When buying vegetables at the market, you must learn to haggle.

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Related words

还

hái

still

价

jià

price

讨

tǎo

to invite

还是

hái shi

still (as before)

价格

jià gé

price

讨论

tǎo lùn

to discuss

讨厌

tǎo yàn

to dislike

价值

jià zhí

value

评价

píng jià

to evaluate

还有

hái yǒu

furthermore

价钱

jià qian

price

票价

piào jià

ticket price

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