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销售商 (xiāo shòu shāng) — seller, retailer, distributor

Definition

销售商 is the formal/business term for 'seller, distributor, retailer' — an entity in the supply chain that sells products to others. More specific than 商人 (general merchant), narrower than 供应商 (which covers the upstream supplier side).

noun
sellerretailerdistributor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 销售商。
    Zhè jiā xiāo shòu shāng tí gōng de chǎn pǐn jià gé hé lǐ.
    This seller offers products at reasonable prices.
  • 销售商。
    Wǒ men gōng sī yǐ jīng hé wǔ jiā xiāo shòu shāng qiān dìng le hé tong.
    Our company has signed contracts with five distributors.
  • 销售商，。
    Zuò wéi xiāo shòu shāng, nǐ bì xū liǎo jiě shì chǎng xū qiú.
    As a seller, you must understand market demand.

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.

销售sell
销xiāosell售shòusell
联合Coordinate
商shāngmerchant

销 and 售 both mean sell, and 商 means merchant, making a selling merchant.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
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.

Open 销 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 售 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
Appears in
Marketing & Sales

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