还价

還價
huánjià
verb #29,128

Meanings

  1. 1 to make a counteroffer
  2. 2 to bargain; to haggle over price

Examples

Màijiā kāijià tài gāo, wǒmen xūyào huánjià.
The seller's asking price is too high — we need to make a counteroffer.
Zài shìchǎng shàng tǎojià huánjià shì hěn zhèngcháng de shì.
Haggling at the market is perfectly normal.

Tips

usage
还价 specifically means the buyer's counter-bid after a seller quotes a price. The full expression is 讨价还价 (tǎo jià huán jià) — to bargain/haggle — which is used as a set four-character phrase.

Stroke Order

hái
jià