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预售 (yù shòu) — to presell, to sell in advance

Definition

预售 (yùshòu) means 'presell' — selling something (tickets, products, books) before it is officially released. Like 卖, the seller offers the item; 预售 just stresses the action happens ahead of time.

verb
to presellto sell in advance

Examples

  • 预售。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī měi nián dōu yù shòu xīn chǎn pǐn.
    This company presells new products every year.
  • 预售？
    Nǐ men dǎ suàn shén me shí hou yù shòu zhè xiē piào?
    When do you plan to presell these tickets?
  • 预售？
    Tā huì yù shòu nà xiē shū ma?
    Will he presell those books?

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.

预yùbeforehand
售shòusell

The 预 meaning beforehand combines with 售 meaning sell to mean selling in advance.

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 預; 预 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ預yù
Same sound today

The traditional form 預 combines 予 for the sound and 頁 for the meaning; the simplified 预 is a later shorthand.

Open 预 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 售 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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