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销售 (xiāo shòu) — to sell, to market

Definition

销售 is the general business/transaction verb for 'to sell' — used in commercial contexts like sales volume (销售量) and sales reps. 推销 is the active effort to push a product on someone; 营销 is the broader 'marketing' discipline.

verb
to sellto market

Examples

  • 销售。
    Wǒ men gōng sī zhǔ yào xiāo shòu diàn nǎo hé shǒu jī.
    Our company mainly sells computers and cell phones.
  • 销售。
    Tā jīn nián xiāo shòu le sān bǎi tái jī qì.
    He sold three hundred machines this year.
  • 。
    Zhè ge yuè de xiāo shòu liàng bǐ shàng ge yuè gāo le hěn duō.
    The sales volume this month is much higher than last month's.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

销xiāosell
售shòusell

销 and 售 both refer to selling, so together they mean to sell or market.

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.

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 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 售 →
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