| 咨询 | zī xún | to inquire / to consult / to seek advice from |   |
| 参考 | cān kǎo | consultation / reference / to consult / to refer | |
| 请教 | qǐng jiào | to ask for guidance / to consult | |
| 商量 |  shāng liang | to consult / to talk over / to discuss | |
| 磋商 | cuō shāng | to consult / to discuss seriously / to negotiate / to confer / negotiations / consultations | |
| 查询 | chá xún | to check / to inquire / to consult (a document etc) / inquiry / query | |
| 查阅 | chá yuè | to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source | |
| 参阅 | cān yuè | to consult / to refer to / to read (instructions) | |
| 谘询 | zī xún | consultation / to consult / to inquire | |
| 洽询 | qià xún | to inquire (of) / to consult | |
| 征询 | zhēng xún | to consult / to solicit the opinion of | |
| 讨教 | tǎo jiào | to consult / to ask for advice | |
| 调阅 | diào yuè | to access (a document) / to consult | |
| 会商 | huì shāng | to confer / to consult / to negotiate / to hold a conference | |
| 商 | shāng | commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) | |
| 咨 | zī | (bound form) to consult / to seek advice / to take counsel | |
| 磋 | cuō | (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools / (bound form) to deliberate / to consult | |
| 诹 | zōu | to choose / to consult | |
| 搉 | què | consult / knock / beat | |
| 查检 | chá jiǎn | to check / to consult / to look up | |
| 协商 | xié shāng | to consult with / to talk things over / agreement | |
| 参照 | cān zhào | to consult a reference / to refer to (another document) | |
| 参看 | cān kàn | to consult for reference / see also / please refer to | |
| 调档 | diào dàng | to transfer a dossier / to consult a dossier | |
| 洽 | qià | accord / to make contact / to agree / to consult with / extensive | |
| 织当访婢 | zhī dāng fǎng bì | if it's weaving, ask the maid (idiom) / when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist | |
| 耕当问奴 | gēng dāng wèn nú | if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom) / when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist | |
| 卜问 | bǔ wèn | to predict by divining / to consult the oracle | |
| 商办 | shāng bàn | to consult and act upon / privately run / commercial | |
| 耕当问奴，织当访婢 | gēng dāng wèn nú , zhī dāng fǎng bì | if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom) / when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist | |
| 临问 | lín wèn | to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official) | |
| 调卷 | diào juàn | to consult the archives / to check the records (usually of legal proceedings) | |
