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Chinese symbol for “negotiation”

谈判
tán pàn
Traditional: 談判
to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference

The closest CC-CEDICT match for negotiation is 谈判 (tán pàn), defined as: to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

谈 tán
to talk, to chat; conversation; surname
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
判 pàn
to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “negotiation”

WordPinyinMeaning
议付 (議付)yì fùnegotiation (finance)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 谈判.

WordPinyinMeaning
谈话 (談話)tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation
谈论 (談論)tán lùnto discuss; to talk about
会谈 (會談)huì tántalks; discussions
谈到 (談到)tán dàoto refer to; to speak about
交谈 (交談)jiāo tánto discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
审判 (審判)shěn pàna trial; to try sb
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment
批判pī pànto criticize; critique

See also: Japanese symbol for “negotiation”.

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.

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