bargain; haggle; reject a seller's price
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to reject a seller's asking price; to bargain; to haggle
Commonly used in commercial transactions and shopping contexts. In spoken northern Chinese (especially Beijing dialect), this word frequently takes the -r suffix (儿化) as 驳价儿 (bójiàr).
Mǎi买
dōng东
xi西
shí时
，
bié别
wàng忘
le了
bó驳
jià价
。
When shopping, don't forget to bargain.
Tā他
bó驳
le了
bàn半
tiān天
jià价
，
zuì最
hòu后
pián便
yi宜
le了
yī一
bǎi百
kuài块
。
He bargained for a long time and finally got a discount of one hundred yuan.
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Zhè这
gè个
shì市
chǎng场
mǎi买
dōng东
xi西
bù不
néng能
bó驳
jià价
。
You can't bargain when shopping in this market.