销售量 (xiāo shòu liáng) — sales volume | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sales volume

Examples

销售量。
Wǒ men de xiāo shòu liáng bǐ qù nián zēng jiā le bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.
Our sales volume increased by 20% compared to last year.
销售量，。
Wèi le tí gāo xiāo shòu liáng, gōng sī tuī chū le yí xì liè xīn chǎn pǐn.
To increase sales volume, the company launched a series of new products.
销售量。
Zhè liǎng gè yuè de xiāo shòu liáng chuàng xià le lì shǐ xīn gāo.
The sales volume of these two months hit a record high.

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

量liángamount

销 and 售 both mean “sell”, and 量 means “amount”, giving sales volume.

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

日日rìsun
東東dōngbag; east

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

Appears in

Marketing & Sales

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