A terminal pairing method and a pairing terminal includes acquiring, when a terminal detects a preset pairing trigger event, a pairing hidden value that is of the terminal and that is associated with the preset pairing trigger event; and implementing, by the terminal, pairing with the peer end by using the pairing hidden value of the terminal. Compared with some approaches, in the present disclosure, pairing can be accurately implemented without using an NFC interface, which reduces costs of terminal pairing.