HSK 6 · Verbs

交涉 jiāoshè “to negotiate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 交涉 means

  1. to negotiate
  2. to take up (a matter)
  3. to negotiate (with)
  4. to have dealings (with)

How to say 交涉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale交jiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale涉shè4th tone, falling

交涉 in a sentence

  1. 我们跟酒店交涉了几次，终于换了房间。

    Wǒmen gēn jiǔdiàn jiāoshè le jǐ cì, zhōngyú huàn le fángjiān.

    After taking it up with the hotel a few times, we finally got a different room.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这件事需要跟对方公司交涉。

    Zhè jiàn shì xūyào gēn duìfāng gōngsī jiāoshè.

    We need to take this matter up with the other company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 交涉 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 交 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay
  • 六six · liù
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with crossed legs: to cross, to hand over.

The character 涉 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
涉shèto wade across a body of water
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 步walk · bù

How to write 交涉

交 6 strokes · 涉 10 strokes

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

Words related to 交涉

Words with 交

公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle交jiāo · to hand over交流jiāoliú · to exchange交通jiāotōng · traffic交往jiāowǎng · to associate with交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction外交wàijiāo · diplomacy打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with交代jiāodài · to explain

Words with 涉

干涉gānshè · to interfere涉及shèjí · to involve

More words: Thinking & Talking

鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish鉴定jiàndìng · to appraise检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism交代jiāodài · to explain借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from揭露jiēlù · to expose激发jīfā · to arouse激励jīlì · to encourage

FAQs

交涉 (jiāoshè) means “to negotiate” or “to take up (a matter)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāoshè: jiāo with a 1st tone, then shè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 交涉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoshe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 交涉 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoshe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
交涉 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.