倾销 (qīng xiāo) — to dump (goods, products) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

倾销 (qīngxiāo) means 'to dump' goods at unfairly low prices in a foreign market — an illegal trade practice, not general selling. Unlike 盛产 (producing abundantly) or 订购 (ordering), it specifically targets predatory pricing across borders.

verb

to dump (goods, products)

Examples

倾销。
Fǎn qīng xiāo diào chá yǐ jīng kāi shǐ.
Anti-dumping investigations have already begun.
倾销。
Tā men yīn wèi qīng xiāo shāng pǐn ér shòu dào chǔ fá.
They were punished for dumping goods.
倾销。
qīng xiāo Xíng wéi wéi fǎn le guó jì mào yì fǎ guī.
Dumping behavior violates international trade regulations.

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.

倾qīngpour out

倾 and 销 suggest pouring goods into a market, selling them off in bulk.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傾; 倾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

頃

頃qǐng傾qīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 傾 combines 人 (man) with 頃, which gives the sound; 倾 is the simplified form of 傾.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 銷; 销 is its simplified writing.

金肖銷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

肖

肖xiào銷xiāo

Same sound today

The traditional form 銷 pairs 金 (metal) with 肖 as a sound part; simplified 销 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not historical components.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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