售完 (shòu wán) — to sell out

Definition

verb
to sell out

Examples

  • 售完。
    Diàn yǐng piào yǐ jīng shòu wán le.
    The movie tickets have already sold out.
  • 售完。
    Zhè kuǎn shǒu jī gāng shàng shì jiù shòu wán le.
    This model of phone sold out as soon as it hit the market.
  • 售完。
    Suǒ yǒu xiàn liàng bǎn shāng pǐn dōu yǐ shòu wán.
    All limited edition products have sold out.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

售shòusell
完wánfinished

售 expresses selling and 完 expresses completion, together meaning sold out.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán完wán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

完 pairs 宀 (roof) with 元, which gives the sound.

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