销售员 (xiāo shòu yuán) — salesperson | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

salesperson

Measure word · 个

Examples

销售员。
Zhè wèi xiāo shòu yuán fēi cháng liǎo jiě chǎn pǐn de tè diǎn.
This salesperson knows the product features very well.
销售员。
Wǒ zài zhè jiā diàn rèn shi le yí wèi lǎo xiāo shòu yuán.
I got to know an old salesperson at this store.
销售员。
xiāo shòu yuán Zhèng zài xiàng gù kè jiè shào xīn chǎn pǐn.
The salesperson is introducing new products to customers.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

销售sell

销xiāosell售shòusell

联合Coordinate

销 and 售 both mean sell, and 员 points to a person, so salesperson.

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 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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

鼎鼎dǐngding

Sound part声符shēngfú

〇

〇líng員yuán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

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