Chinese symbol for “negotiations”
磋商
cuō shāng
to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for negotiations is 磋商 (cuō shāng), defined as: to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磋商.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切磋 | qiē cuō | to compare notes; to learn from one another |
| 切磋琢磨 | qiē cuō zhuó mó | lit. cutting and polishing (idiom); fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences |
| 磋磨 | cuō mó | to polish and rub; (fig.) to torment; to torture |
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
| 商品 | shāng pǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant; businessman |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
See also: Japanese symbol for “negotiations”.
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.