售 (shòu): (bound form) to sell, to retail, (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
售 (shòu) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to sell.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 隹 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #1113 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 售 a street vendor talks 口 incessantly, like a bird 隹. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- (bound form) to sell
- to retail
- (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA street vendor talks 口 incessantly, like a bird 隹
Decomposition: ⿱隹口 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 售
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 销售verb | xiāo shòu | to sell | 5 |
| 出售verb | chū shòu | to sell | 5 |
| 售票员noun | shòu piào yuán | ticket seller | 4 |
| 售价noun | shòu jià | selling price | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兜售 | dōu shòu | to hawk |
| 零售 | líng shòu | to retail |
| 售货员 | shòu huò yuán | sales clerk |
| 发售 | fā shòu | to sell |
| 销售额 | xiāo shòu é | sales figure |
| 零售商 | líng shòu shāng | retailer |
| 售票处 | shòu piào chù | ticket office |
| 售票 | shòu piào | to sell tickets |
| 抛售 | pāo shòu | to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) |
| 售卖 | shòu mài | to sell |
| 售完 | shòu wán | to sell out |
| 售货 | shòu huò | to sell goods |
| 零售店 | líng shòu diàn | shop |
| 寄售 | jì shòu | sale on consignment |
| 销售点 | xiāo shòu diǎn | point of sale (POS) |
售 appears in 48 compound words: 27 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 售 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
妈妈售嘱我要按时吃饭，注意身体健康。
mā mā shòu zhǔ wǒ yāo àn shí chī fàn , zhù yì shēn tī jiàn kāng .
Mom reminded me to eat on time and take care of my health.
宏利新加坡售出一份3亿美元人寿保单 破世纪记录
hóng lì xīn jiā pō shòu chū yī fèn 3 yì měi yuán rén shòu bǎo dān pò shì jì jì lù
Manulife Singapore sold a $300 million life policy to break a century-old record
和股票与储蓄帐户不同 出售实物白银很难吗
hé gǔ piào yǔ chǔ xù zhàng hù bù tóng chū shòu shí wù bái yín hěn nán ma
And unlike stocks and savings accounts, is it hard to sell physical silver?
...AMI QUAY”今日以1486.5万元售出一个3房1套单位
. . . A M I Q U A Y jīn rì yǐ 1 4 8 6 . 5 wàn yuán shòu chū yī gè 3 fáng 1 tào dān wèi
... AMI QUAY" sold a 3-bedroom and 1-unit unit for 14.865 million yuan today
启德海湾累售742伙套现逾60亿 短期内推第2期|启...
qǐ dé hǎi wān lěi shòu 7 4 2 huǒ tào xiàn yú 6 0 yì duǎn qī nèi tuī dì 2 qī qǐ . . .
Kai Tak Bay has sold a total of 742 units and cashed out more than 6 billion yuan, launching the second phase in the short term.
你们也有贩售咖啡壶配件吗？
Nǐmen yě yǒu fànshòu kāfēihú pèijiàn ma?
Do you sell coffee pot accessories too?
全体销售人员通宵达旦地工作了一周。
Quántǐ xiāoshòu rényuán tōngxiāo-dádàn de gōngzuò le yī zhōu.
The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.
鱼在这里是以磅为单位来出售。
Yú zài zhèlǐ shì yǐ bàng wèi dānwèi lái chūshòu.
Fish is sold by the pound here.
在第三季时销售跌了下来。
Zài dì sān jì shí xiāoshòu diē le xiàlai.
Sales fell off in the third quarter.
草莓在冬天售价高。
Cǎoméi zài dōngtiān shòujià gāo.
Strawberries sell for a high price in the winter.
Character Family
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