讨价还价 (tǎojiàhuánjià) · to bargain

讨价还价 (tǎojiàhuánjià) means “to bargain; to haggle”. It is written with 3 characters: 讨 (to haggle) + 价 (price) + 还 (still). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).

How 讨价还价 is built

The characters

讨 tǎo · to haggle

What 讨 is made of

讠yán — speech
寸cùn — inch

Origin hint: To ask 讠 for something 寸 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

价 jià · price

What 价 is made of

亻rén — person
介jiè — agent
- 人rén — person

还 hái · still

What 还 is made of

辶 — walking, moving
不bù — not
- 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Not 不 moving 辶 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

Example sentences

在市场买东西可以讨价还价。Zài shìchǎng mǎi dōngxi kěyǐ tǎojiàhuánjià.You can bargain when shopping at the market.

她很会讨价还价。Tā hěn huì tǎojiàhuánjià.She is very good at haggling.

Questions about 讨价还价

What does 讨价还价 mean?

讨价还价 (tǎojiàhuánjià) means “to bargain; to haggle”.

How do you pronounce 讨价还价?

讨价还价 is pronounced tǎojiàhuánjià.

Which HSK level is 讨价还价?

讨价还价 is in Old HSK 5.

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It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 93: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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