Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to melt; to do away with; to sell

Chinese: 出售、卖出。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “xiao” becomes a different word in each tone. 销 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 销售xiāo shòuto sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
  • 推销tuī xiāoto market; to sell
  • 促销cù xiāoto promote sales
  • 销量xiāo liàngsales volume
  • 撤销chè xiāoto repeal; to revoke; (computing) to undo

Example Sentence

这款手机卖得很好,十分畅销。Zhè kuǎn shǒu jī mài de hěn hǎo, shí fēn chàng xiāo.This phone sells very well and is very popular.

Zhèthiskuǎnsection手机shǒu jīcell phonemàito sell得很de hěn(after an adjective) veryhǎogood十分shí fēnvery畅销chàng xiāoto sell well