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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 磋商

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
磋商 cuō shāng - to consult
- to discuss seriously
- to negotiate
- to confer
- negotiations
- consultations

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 9 30,871 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cuō- (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools
- (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
shāng- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- surname Shang
shāng- commerce
- merchant
- dealer
- to consult
- 2nd note in pentatonic scale
- quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

Other Words Containing 磋商

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
磋商 6 9 30,871 - -