预 yù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
预售
yùshòu
to sell in advance; presale
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 楼盘尚未完工就开始预售，引发了购房者对交付风险的担忧。 Lóupán shàngwèi wángōng jiù kāishǐ yùshòu, yǐnfā le gòufángzhě duì jiāofù fēngxiǎn de dānyōu. The development began preselling before it was completed, raising buyers' concerns about delivery risks.
- 这款手机下周开始预售，价格比正式发售便宜一些。 Zhè kuǎn shǒujī xiàzhōu kāishǐ yùshòu, jiàgé bǐ zhèngshì fāshòu piányi yīxiē. Presales for this phone model start next week, and the price is a bit cheaper than at the official release.
- 电影票今天开放预售，很多场次很快就被抢光了。 Diànyǐngpiào jīntiān kāifàng yùshòu, hěn duō chǎngcì hěn kuài jiù bèi qiǎngguāng le. Advance ticket sales for the film opened today, and many showings quickly sold out.
Related words
- 预报 yùbào forecast
- 预防 yùfáng to prevent
- 预计 yùjì to expect; to estimate
- 预习 yùxí to prepare before class
- 预测 yùcè to predict
- 预订 yùdìng to reserve
- 干预 gānyù to interfere
- 预备 yùbèi to prepare
- 预期 yùqī expected; expectation
- 预定 yùdìng to book, to reserve
- 预料 yùliào to predict; prediction
- 预感 yùgǎn to have a premonition; premonition