HSK 6 · Verbs

协商 xiéshāng “to consult” in Chinese

Traditional 協商

What 协商 means

  1. to consult
  2. to negotiate
  3. to talk things over
  4. to consult with
  5. agreement

How to say 协商

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale协xié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale商shāng1st tone, high and level

协商 in a sentence

  1. 这个问题我们可以协商解决。

    Zhè ge wèntí wǒmen kěyǐ xiéshāng jiějué.

    We can sort this problem out by talking it over.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经过协商，双方同意了这个价格。

    Jīngguò xiéshāng, shuāngfāng tóngyì le zhè ge jiàgé.

    After talking it over, both sides agreed on the price.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 协商 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 协 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
协xiéto cooperate
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 办to set up · bànMeaning part

办 hints at the meaning (to set up); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

The character 商 (shāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
商shāngcommerce
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 冏bright · jiǒngMeaning part

冏 hints at the meaning (bright); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāng.

How to write 协商

协 6 strokes · 商 11 strokes

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协商 (xiéshāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 协商 (xiéshāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 协商

Words with 协

妥协tuǒxié · to compromise协助xiézhù · to assist协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协议xiéyì · agreement协会xiéhuì · association齐心协力qíxīnxiélì · to work together

Words with 商

商店shāngdiàn · shop商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall商量shāngliang · to consult商业shāngyè · business经商jīngshāng · to be in business商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business磋商cuōshāng · to consult智商zhìshāng · IQ商标shāngbiāo · trademark

More words: Thinking & Talking

响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to闲话xiánhuà · gossip谢绝xièjué · to politely decline泄露xièlòu · to leak喧哗xuānhuá · to make a loud noise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise演绎yǎnyì · to deduce验证yànzhèng · to verify

FAQs

协商 (xiéshāng) means “to consult” or “to negotiate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiéshāng: xié with a 2nd tone, then shāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 协商 is written 協商. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xieshang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 协商 from the suggestions. Typing xieshang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
协商 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.