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畅销 (chàng xiāo) — to sell well; to be a bestseller

Definition

畅销 (chàngxiāo) means a product 'sells well / is a bestseller.' It is more about the product being widely bought; 热销 emphasizes the market being actively hot.

verb
to sell wellto be a bestseller

Examples

  • 畅销，。
    Zhè kuǎn shǒu jī fēi cháng chàng xiāo, shàng shì yí gè yuè jiù mài chū le shí wàn tái.
    This phone sells very well; it sold 100,000 units within a month of launch.
  • 。
    Tā de xīn xiǎo shuō yì chū bǎn jiù chéng le chàng xiāo shū.
    His new novel became a bestseller as soon as it was published.
  • 畅销。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de chǎn pǐn zài hǎi wài yě hěn chàng xiāo.
    This company's products also sell well overseas.

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.

畅chàngsmoothly
销xiāosell

The first part means smoothly, the second means sell, so it describes selling well.

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 暢; 畅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
申申shēn
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng暢chàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 暢 combines 申 and 昜, with 昜 giving the sound; the simplified 畅 is a later shorthand.

Open 畅 →

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 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Marketing & Sales

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