商榷

Chinese

		commerce; consult	footbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
trad. (商榷)		商	榷
simp. #(商榷)		商	榷
alternative forms		商搉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ kok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-khak / siang-khah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangcyuè
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: shāng-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangchiueh
    • Palladius: шанцюэ (šancjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ kok³
    • Yale: sēung kok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ kok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ kog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-khak
    • Tâi-lô: siong-khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongqag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ kʰak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-khah
    • Tâi-lô: siang-khah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangqaq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: syang kaewk

Rime
Character	商	榷
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	式羊切	古岳切
Baxter	syang	kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋ/	/kˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋ/	/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋ/	/kɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋ/	/kaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋ/	/kɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋ/	/kɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋ/	/kɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāng	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	gok3

Verb

商榷

1. to discuss (chiefly in an academic context); to deliberate

   值得商榷  ―  zhídé shāngquè  ―  to be worth discussing

Synonyms

• 交涉 (jiāoshè)
• 傾／倾 (king¹) (Cantonese, informal)
• 協商／协商 (xiéshāng)
• 協議／协议 (xiéyì)
• 口語／口语 (kǒuyǔ) (archaic)
• 商討／商讨 (shāngtǎo)
• 商談／商谈 (shāngtán)
• 商議／商议 (shāngyì)
• 商量 (shāngliang)
• 接接 (Hokkien)
• 接洽 (jiēqià) (formal)
• 會談／会谈 (huìtán)
• 槌摃鐵／槌𫼱铁 (Hokkien)
• 比接 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 洽商 (qiàshāng)
• 洽談／洽谈 (qiàtán)
• 申論／申论 (shēnlùn)
• 研究 (yánjiū)
• 磋商 (cuōshāng) (formal)
• 磋議／磋议 (cuōyì)
• 磨合 (móhé) (figurative)
• 觸牙／触牙 (Hokkien)
• 言說／言说 (yánshuō) (formal)
• 言論／言论 (yánlùn)
• 言辭／言辞 (yáncí) (literary)
• 計謀／计谋 (jìmóu) (literary)
• 計議／计议 (jìyì) (literary)
• 計較／计较
• 討論／讨论 (tǎolùn)
• 評／评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 評論／评论 (pínglùn)
• 說／说
• 說合／说合 (shuōhé)
• 談判／谈判 (tánpàn)
• 談論／谈论 (tánlùn)
• 謀慮／谋虑 (móulǜ) (literary)
• 議／议 (yì)
• 議論／议论 (yìlùn)
• 錦議／锦议 (Hokkien)
• 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)