HSK 5 · Work

销售 xiāoshòu “to sell” in Chinese

Traditional 銷售

What 销售 means

  1. to sell
  2. to market
  3. sales (representative, agreement etc)

How to say 销售

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale销xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale售shòu4th tone, falling

销售 in a sentence

  1. 谁负责销售部门？

    Shéi fùzé xiāoshòu bùmén?

    Who’s in charge of the sales department?

    Sentence #811030 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 今年销售会翻番。

    Jīnnián xiāoshòu huì fānfān.

    Sales should double this year.

    Sentence #2007052 from Tatoeba

  3. 在第三季时销售跌了下来。

    Zài dì sān jì shí xiāoshòu diē le xiàlai.

    Sales fell in the third quarter.

    Sentence #801322 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 销售 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 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.

The character 售 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
售shòuto sell; to retail
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 销售

销 12 strokes · 售 11 strokes

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

Words related to 销售

Words with 销

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推销tuīxiāo · to promote

Words with 售

售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson

More words: Work & Career

收据shōujù · receipt退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)文件wénjiàn · document项目xiàngmù · item行业hángyè · trade业务yèwù · business营业yíngyè · to do business员工yuángōng · employee

FAQs

销售 (xiāoshòu) means “to sell” or “to market”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāoshòu: xiāo with a 1st tone, then shòu with a 4th 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, 销售 is written 銷售. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaoshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 销售 from the suggestions. Typing xiaoshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
销售 is an HSK 5 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.