销量 (xiāo liàng) — sales volume | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

销量 is the amount of goods sold — how much was sold, not how much was produced (产量) and not the price (售价).

noun

sales volume

Examples

销量。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de xiāo liàng bǐ qù nián zēng jiā le bù shǎo.
This company's sales volume increased quite a bit compared to last year.
销量，。
Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo xiāo liàng, cái néng shí xiàn mù biāo.
We need to increase sales volume to achieve the goal.
销量。
Zhè ge jì dù de xiāo liàng chuàng xià le lì shǐ xīn gāo.
This quarter's sales volume 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.

量liángamount

销 refers to selling and 量 to amount, so together they mean 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.

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.

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