Meaning of 销售
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to sell
- to market
- sales (representative, agreement etc)
How to use 销售
销售 is a formal word for selling, common in business, reports and job titles. It works as a verb and also as a noun meaning sales, as in 销售额 (xiāoshòu'é, sales revenue) or 销售经理 (xiāoshòu jīnglǐ, sales manager). Example: 这家公司在网上销售衣服。(Zhè jiā gōngsī zài wǎngshàng xiāoshòu yīfu.) This company sells clothes online.
销 (xiāo) has the metal radical 钅, like metal melting away, and 售 (shòu) means to sell. Picture goods melting off the shelves as they get sold.
Common mistake: Learners often use 销售 in casual speech, like 我想销售我的旧手机. That sounds stiff, so use 卖 (mài) for everyday selling. Also, 售 (shòu) is fourth tone, not the third tone of 手 (shǒu).
销售 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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销 xiāo · to melt · 12 strokes
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售 shòu · to sell · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 销售.
| 出售 | chūshòu | to sell; to offer for sale |
| 推销 | tuīxiāo | to market; to sell |
| 促销 | cùxiāo | to promote sales |
| 售货员 | shòuhuòyuán | sales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson |
| 撤销 | chèxiāo | to cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo |
| 销毁 | xiāohuǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
| 开销 | kāixiāo | to pay (expenses); expenses |
| 畅销 | chàngxiāo | to sell well; bestselling; chart-topping |
| 销量 | xiāoliàng | sales volume |
| 吊销 | diàoxiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 报销 | bàoxiāo | to submit an expense account; to apply for reimbursement |
| 兜售 | dōushòu | to hawk; to peddle |
Questions about 销售
What does 销售 mean?
销售 (xiāoshòu) means "to sell; to market" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 销售?
销售 is made of 2 characters: 销 (12 strokes), 售 (11 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 销售 an HSK word?
Yes. 销售 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 销售 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 销售 is written 銷售.
What is the difference between 销售 and 推销?
销售 is the general act or business of selling. 推销 (tuīxiāo) focuses on actively pushing a product to customers, like a salesperson promoting something. 推销 can sound a bit pushy.
Why does 销 also appear in 撤销 and 销毁?
Besides selling, 销 carries a sense of getting rid of or eliminating something. That is why 撤销 (chèxiāo) means to cancel or revoke and 销毁 (xiāohuǐ) means to destroy. In 销售, goods are cleared away by being sold.