零售价 (líng shòu jià) — retail price | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

retail price

Examples

零售价。
Zhè jiā chāo shì de líng shòu jià bǐ wǎng shàng pián yi hěn duō.
The retail price at this supermarket is much cheaper than online.
零售价。
líng shòu jià Shàng zhǎng dǎo zhì xiāo fèi zhě jiǎn shǎo le gòu mǎi.
The rise in retail prices led consumers to reduce their purchases.
零售价。
Gōng sī tiáo zhěng le chǎn pǐn líng shòu jià yǐ yìng duì jìng zhēng.
The company adjusted the retail price of its products to respond to competition.

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.

零售

零língsmall quantity售shòusell

偏正Modifier + head

零售 means selling in small quantities, and 价 gives the price.

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.

雨令零

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng零líng

Same sound today

In 零, the 雨 part depicts thick raindrops falling from the sky; the 令 part gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

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

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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