商定 (shāng dìng) — to settle through discussion, to agree upon after negotiation

Definition

verb
to settle through discussionto agree upon after negotiation

Examples

  • ，商定。
    Guān yú jià gé, wǒ men míng tiān zài shāng dìng.
    As for the price, let's settle it through discussion tomorrow.
  • 商定。
    Shuāng fāng shāng dìng le hé zuò de jù tǐ nèi róng.
    Both parties have agreed upon the specific details of cooperation through discussion.
  • 商定，。
    Jīng guò duō cì shāng dìng, tā men zhōng yú dá chéng le yí zhì yì jiàn.
    After many rounds of discussion, they finally reached a consensus.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

商shāngdiscuss
定dìngsettle

商定 pairs 商 (discuss) with 定 (settle), giving the sense of settling something through discussion.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng定dìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

定 is built from 宀 and 正, with 正 supplying the sound.

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