销售额 (xiāo shòu é) — sales revenue; total sales amount (in monetary… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sales revenuetotal sales amount (in monetary terms)

Examples

销售额。
Shàng ge yuè de xiāo shòu é zēng zhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.
Last month's sales revenue grew by 20 percent.
销售额。
Gōng sī jīn nián de xiāo shòu é tū pò le yí gè yì.
The company's sales revenue this year exceeded 100 million.
销售额。
Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo xiāo shòu é cái néng yíng lì.
We need to increase sales revenue in order to make a profit.

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

额éamount

销售 covers selling, and 额 names the amount; together it is the total amount of sales.

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 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

客頁額

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

客

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

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Marketing & Sales

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