代售 (dài shòu) — to sell (goods or services) on behalf of another; to act as a sales agent

Definition

代售 means to sell goods or tickets on someone else's behalf, as their agent (e.g. a ticket office selling train tickets for the railway). Often appears as 售票处 / 代售点 (sales outlet) or 代售服务 (consignment sales).

verb
to sell (goods or services) on behalf of anotherto act as a sales agent

Examples

  • 代售。
    Zhè ge shòu piào chù dài shòu huǒ chē piào.
    This ticket office sells train tickets on behalf of the railway company.
  • 代售。
    Nà jiā shāng diàn dài shòu gè zhǒng pǐn pái de huà zhuāng pǐn.
    That store sells cosmetics of various brands on commission.
  • 代售。
    Wǒ men gōng sī tí gōng dài shòu fú wù.
    Our company provides consignment sales services.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

代dàion behalf
售shòusell

代 means on behalf, and 售 means sell, so it is selling for someone else.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
弋
弋yì代dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 代, 亻 shows a person, and 弋 gives the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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