销路 (xiāo lù) — sales market; marketability; channel for sellin… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

销路 means the market demand and sales channels for a product — how well it sells and where it's sold. Common in business and economics contexts, usually paired with verbs like 打开, 拓展, or 有/没有.

noun

sales marketmarketabilitychannel for selling a product

Examples

销路，。
Zhè kuǎn xīn chǎn pǐn rú guǒ néng dǎ kāi xiāo lù, gōng sī jiù néng yíng lì.
If this new product can find a market, the company will be able to turn a profit.
销路。
Tā men zhèng zài xiǎng bàn fǎ tuò zhǎn hǎi wài xiāo lù.
They are looking for ways to expand their overseas sales channels.
销路，。
Zhè zhǒng nóng chǎn pǐn zài běn dì xiāo lù hěn hǎo, jī hū gōng bú yìng qiú.
This agricultural product has a strong market locally — supply can barely meet demand.

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xiāoselling

销 (selling) and 路 (road) combine to mean the road along which goods are sold.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè路lù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Appears in

Marketing & Sales

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