Difference between revisions of "Comparing "fa" and "ji""

Revision as of 01:51, 2 September 2021

While 商量 and 讨论 both are verbs and can be translated to mean “to discuss”, usually these two words cannot be used interchangeably. 商量 is for the purpose of solving problems, whereas 讨论 is used to exchange ideas and opinions. As well, 商量 is used in informal situations, whereas 讨论 is more often use in formal situations.

	商量 (shāngliang)	讨论 (tǎolùn)
Meaning	to discuss in order to solve a problem	to discuss in order to exchange ideas and opinions
Part of Speech	verb	verb
Formality	informal	formal

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-发 and 寄 both are verbs and can be translated to mean “to send” and sometimes can be used interchangeably. Both are used in informal and formal situations. Yet, these words have differences as 寄 is only used to mean to send a letter or a package via the post office or an express delivery service, while 寄 can be used in this manner, but has a much wider variety of uses and is most often used to mean to send electronic information via the internet.
+While 商量 and 讨论 both are verbs and can be translated to mean “to discuss”,  usually these two words cannot be used interchangeably. 商量 is for the purpose of solving problems, whereas 讨论 is used to exchange ideas and opinions. As well, 商量 is used in informal situations, whereas 讨论 is more often use in formal situations.
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-<th style="width:33%">发 (fā)</th>
+<th style="width:33%">商量 (shāngliang)</th>
-<th style="width:33%">寄 (jì)</th>
+<th style="width:33%">讨论 (tǎolùn)</th>
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-<th>Meaning</th><td>to send (via post or express delivery)</td><td class="liju">to send (usually electronic information via the internet)</td>
+<th>Meaning</th><td>to discuss in order to solve a problem</td><td class="liju">to discuss in order to exchange ideas and opinions</td>
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-<th>Formality</th><td>flexible</td><td class="liju">flexible</td>
+<th>Formality</th><td>informal</td><td class="liju">formal</td>
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