HSK 6 · Work

洽谈 qiàtán “to negotiate” in Chinese

Traditional 洽談

What 洽谈 means

  1. to negotiate
  2. to discuss (business)
  3. to discuss

How to say 洽谈

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale洽qià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale谈tán2nd tone, rising

洽谈 in a sentence

  1. 他到名古屋洽谈业务。

    Tā dào Mínggǔwū qiàtán yèwù.

    He went to Nagoya to discuss business.

    Sentence #849259 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 洽谈 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 洽 (qià) with each of its parts in a different colour
洽qiàaccord
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 合to combine · gě
The character 谈 (tán) with each of its parts in a different colour
谈tánto speak
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 炎flame · yánSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 炎 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with tán.

How to write 洽谈

洽 9 strokes · 谈 10 strokes

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

Words related to 洽谈

Words with 洽

融洽róngqià · harmonious

Words with 谈

谈tán · to speak谈判tánpàn · to negotiate侃侃而谈kǎnkǎn'értán · to speak with ease and confidence

More words: Work & Career

落实luòshí · to put into effect派遣pàiqiǎn · to dispatch评估pínggū · to evaluate签署qiānshǔ · to sign (an agreement)请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions任命rènmìng · to appoint上级shàngjí · superior上任shàngrèn · to take office

FAQs

洽谈 (qiàtán) means “to negotiate” or “to discuss (business)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiàtán: qià with a 4th tone, then tán with a 2nd 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, 洽谈 is written 洽談. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiatan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 洽谈 from the suggestions. Typing qiatan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
洽谈 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.