讨 tǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
讨价还价
tǎojiàhuánjià
to bargain; to haggle
Characters in this word
价 jià
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
还 hái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 不 no, not, un-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她和市场里的摊主讨价还价，最后便宜了不少。 Tā hé shìchǎng lǐ de tānzhǔ tǎojiàhuánjià, zuìhòu piányi le bù shǎo. She haggled with a vendor at the market and got quite a discount in the end.
- 买卖双方讨价还价了半天，最终还是没谈成。 Mǎimài shuāngfāng tǎojiàhuánjià le bàntiān, zuìzhōng háishi méi tánchéng. The buyer and seller haggled for ages, but in the end no deal was reached.
- 谈薪水的时候，他跟老板讨价还价，争取到了更高的工资。 Tán xīnshuǐ de shíhou, tā gēn lǎobǎn tǎojiàhuánjià, zhēngqǔ dào le gèng gāo de gōngzī. When discussing salary, he bargained with the boss and won a higher wage.
Related words
- 讨论 tǎolùn to discuss
- 讨厌 tǎoyàn to hate; annoying
- 探讨 tàntǎo to discuss, to deliberate
- 研讨 yántǎo to discuss, to deliberate
- 检讨 jiǎntǎo to examine one's mistakes; self-criticism; review
- 乞讨 qǐtǎo to beg; to ask for alms
- 商讨 shāngtǎo to discuss; to confer
- 讨 tǎo to ask for; to demand
- 讨好 tǎohǎo to curry favour with; to ingratiate oneself with
- 价格 jiàgé price
- 价钱 jiàqián price
- 价值 jiàzhí value; to be worth