磋商

cuōshāng
  1. to consult
  2. to discuss seriously
  3. to negotiate
  4. to confer
  5. negotiations
  6. consultations

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 磋 cuō
  1. (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools
  2. (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
2 商 shāng
  1. commerce
  2. merchant
  3. dealer
  4. to consult
  5. 2nd note in pentatonic scale
  6. quotient (as in 智商 zhìshāng, intelligence quotient)