Chinese symbol for “haggle”
较量
jiào liàng
Traditional: 較量
to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for haggle is 较量 (jiào liàng), defined as: to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “haggle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计较 (計較) | jì jiào | to bother about; to haggle |
| 讲价 (講價) | jiǎng jià | to bargain (over price); to haggle |
| 杀价 (殺價) | shā jià | to beat down the price; to haggle |
| 谈价 (談價) | tán jià | to negotiate (prices); to haggle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 较量.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比较 (比較) | bǐ jiào | to compare; to contrast |
| 较为 (較為) | jiào wéi | comparatively; relatively |
| 较大 (較大) | jiào dà | comparatively large |
| 计较 (計較) | jì jiào | to bother about; to haggle |
| 较差 (較差) | jiào chā | range (the difference between the lowest and highest values) |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “haggle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.