HSK 6 · Money

推销 tuīxiāo “to promote” in Chinese

Traditional 推銷

What 推销 means

  1. to promote
  2. to sell
  3. to market

How to say 推销

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale销xiāo1st tone, high and level

推销 in a sentence

  1. 他也是推销员。

    Tā yě shì tuīxiāoyuán.

    He’s a salesman too.

    Sentence #545891 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这位女士是不是推销员？

    Zhè wèi nǚshì shì bu shì tuīxiāoyuán?

    Is this lady a saleswoman?

    Sentence #389053 from Tatoeba

  3. 我被误认为是推销员。

    Wǒ bèi wù rènwéi shì tuīxiāoyuán.

    I was mistaken for a salesman.

    Sentence #858724 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 推销 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

The character 销 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
销xiāoto melt
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

How to write 推销

推 11 strokes · 销 12 strokes

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推销 (tuīxiāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 推销 (tuīxiāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 推销

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

Words with 销

销售xiāoshòu · to sell撤销chèxiāo · to cancel销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)报销bàoxiāo · to claim reimbursement畅销chàngxiāo · best-selling

More words: Money & Economy

摊tān · stall停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhàng · inflation投机tóujī · to speculate无偿wúcháng · free of charge物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price物业wùyè · property物资wùzī · goods and materials

FAQs

推销 (tuīxiāo) means “to promote” or “to sell”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuīxiāo: tuī with a 1st tone, then xiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 推销 is written 推銷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuixiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推销 from the suggestions. Typing tuixiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推销 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.