HSK 6 · Verbs

妥协 tuǒxié “to compromise” in Chinese

Traditional 妥協

What 妥协 means

  1. to compromise
  2. to reach terms

How to say 妥协

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale妥tuǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale协xié2nd tone, rising

妥协 in a sentence

  1. 我强烈反对妥协。

    Wǒ qiángliè fǎnduì tuǒxié.

    I’m strongly opposed to compromise.

    Sentence #12615419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他拒绝在这件事上作出妥协。

    Tā jùjué zài zhè jiàn shì shàng zuòchū tuǒxié.

    He refused to compromise on this matter.

    Sentence #13890552 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆不会妥协的。

    Tāngmǔ bú huì tuǒxié de.

    Tom won’t compromise.

    Sentence #13911379 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 妥协 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 妥 (tuǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
妥tuǒsuitable
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 女woman · nǚ
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.

How to write 妥协

妥 7 strokes · 协 6 strokes

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

Words related to 妥协

Words with 妥

妥当tuǒdang · appropriate妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate

Words with 协

协商xiéshāng · to consult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

More words: Thinking & Talking

提议tíyì · to propose透露tòulù · to reveal推测tuīcè · to speculate吞吞吐吐tūntūntǔtǔ · to hum and haw歪曲wāiqū · to distort妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy误解wùjiě · to misunderstand

FAQs

妥协 (tuǒxié) means “to compromise” or “to reach terms”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuǒxié: tuǒ with a 3rd tone, then xié 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, 妥协 is written 妥協. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuoxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 妥协 from the suggestions. Typing tuoxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
妥协 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.