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零售

língshòu

to retail; retail

A shopkeeper hands a customer a single red apple
Memory picture

Characters in this word

零 líng

Strokes
13
Radical
雨 — rain
Made of
雨 rain 令 command, decree, order
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

售 shòu

Strokes
11
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
隹 short-tailed bird 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 售

Example phrases

  • 平台不再只零售商品,而是通过数据服务连接制造商和消费者。 Píngtái bù zài zhǐ língshòu shāngpǐn, ér shì tōngguò shùjù fúwù liánjiē zhìzàoshāng hé xiāofèizhě. The platform no longer merely retails goods, but connects manufacturers and consumers through data services.
  • 这家超市主要做零售,不接大批量订单。 Zhè jiā chāoshì zhǔyào zuò língshòu, bù jiē dà pīliàng dìngdān. This supermarket mainly does retail and does not take large-volume orders.
  • 这种水果批发很便宜,零售就贵多了。 Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ pīfā hěn piányi, língshòu jiù guì duō le. This fruit is very cheap wholesale, but much more expensive at retail.

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