HSK 6 · Verbs

磋商 cuōshāng “to consult” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 磋商 means

  1. to consult
  2. to negotiate
  3. to discuss seriously
  4. to confer
  5. negotiations
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • consultations

How to say 磋商

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale磋cuō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale商shāng1st tone, high and level

磋商 in a sentence

  1. 双方正在磋商合作的细节。

    Shuāngfāng zhèngzài cuōshāng hézuò de xìjié.

    The two sides are discussing the details of the partnership.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经过几轮磋商，他们终于签了合同。

    Jīngguò jǐ lún cuōshāng, tāmen zhōngyú qiān le hétong.

    After several rounds of talks, they finally signed the contract.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 磋商 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 磋 (cuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
磋cuōto polish bones, horns
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 差difference · chāSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 差 (chā) hints at the sound. Compare it with cuō.

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 磋商

磋 14 strokes · 商 11 strokes

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

Words related to 磋商

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协商xiéshāng · to consult智商zhìshāng · IQ商标shāngbiāo · trademark

More words: Thinking & Talking

传达chuándá · to convey吹牛chuīniú · to boast吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter出神chūshén · to be lost in thought答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly断定duàndìng · to conclude督促dūcù · to supervise and urge

FAQs

磋商 (cuōshāng) means “to consult” or “to negotiate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cuōshāng: cuō with a 1st 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.
Yes. 磋商 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuoshang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 磋商 from the suggestions. Typing cuoshang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
磋商 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.