销 xiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
销
xiāo
to sell; to market; to cancel
Character
Example phrases
- 这款设备主要销往海外市场，国内用户反而很少见到。 Zhè kuǎn shèbèi zhǔyào xiāo wǎng hǎiwài shìchǎng, guónèi yònghù fǎn'ér hěn shǎo jiàn dào. This device is mainly sold to overseas markets, so domestic users rarely see it.
- 这种水果很好销，一上午就卖完了。 Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ hěn hǎo xiāo, yí shàngwǔ jiù mài wán le. This fruit sells very well and was sold out in a single morning.
- 旅行回来后，他去银行把信用卡销了。 Lǚxíng huílái hòu, tā qù yínháng bǎ xìnyòngkǎ xiāo le. After coming back from the trip, he went to the bank and cancelled his credit card.
Related words
- 促销 cùxiāo sale; promotion
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 销售 xiāoshòu sales; to sell
- 畅销 chàngxiāo to sell well
- 撤销 chèxiāo to cancel, to abolish
- 报销 bàoxiāo to reimburse; to claim expenses
- 吊销 diàoxiāo to revoke; to cancel a licence or permit
- 开销 kāixiāo expenses; expenditure
- 倾销 qīngxiāo to dump goods; dumping
- 热销 rèxiāo to sell well; to be hot-selling
- 销毁 xiāohuǐ to destroy; to dispose of officially
- 营销 yíngxiāo marketing; to market