cuō shāng

HSK 7–9

磋商 (cuō shāng) is a Chinese word meaning “to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to consult
  2. 2to discuss seriously
  3. 3to negotiate
  4. 4to confer
  5. 5negotiations
  6. 6consultations
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 磋商

磋cuō · (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools商shāng · commerce

Related words

商店store; shop商量to consult商commerce商Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC)商业business商场shopping mall商人merchant商品commodity; goods; merchandise智商IQ (intelligence quotient)承包商contractor商务commercial affairs制造商manufacturing company

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