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现货

xiànhuò

spot goods

A shopper holds a shoebox by a shelf full of boxes
Memory picture

Characters in this word

现 xiàn

Strokes
8
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 现

货 huò

Strokes
8
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
化 to change, to convert, to reform 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这款相机目前没有现货,需要等两周才能发货。 Zhè kuǎn xiàngjī mùqián méiyǒu xiànhuò, xūyào děng liǎng zhōu cáinéng fāhuò. This camera is currently not in stock and will take two weeks to dispatch.
  • 这双鞋有现货,你今天就可以拿走。 Zhè shuāng xié yǒu xiànhuò, nǐ jīntiān jiù kěyǐ ná zǒu. These shoes are in stock, so you can take them away today.
  • 网上写着有现货,可是我打电话问了,店里已经卖完了。 Wǎngshàng xiě zhe yǒu xiànhuò, kěshì wǒ dǎ diànhuà wèn le, diàn li yǐjīng mài wán le. The website said it was in stock, but I phoned to ask and the shop had already sold out.

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