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销

xiāo

HSK 5 Character Traditional 銷

What 销 means

1. to melt (metal)
2. to cancel; to annul
3. to sell
4. to expend; to spend
5. pin; bolt
6. to fasten with a pin or bolt

Example sentences

• 他也是推销员。
  Tā yě shì tuīxiāoyuán.
  He's a salesman too.
• 今年销售会翻番。
  Jīnnián xiāoshòu huì fānfān.
  Sales should double this year.
• 谁负责销售部门？
  Who's in charge of the sales section?
• 他当推销员为生。
  He makes a living as a salesman.
• 我们得销毁证据。
  We must destroy the evidence.
• 我在市场营销部门。
  I'm in marketing.

Words starting with 销

• 销售xiāo shòuto sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
• 销毁xiāo huǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
• 销量xiāo liàngsales volume
• 销售额xiāo shòu ésales figure; total income from sales; turnover
• 销路xiāo lùsale; market; state of the market
• 销魂xiāo húnecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow
• 销声匿迹xiāo shēng nì jìto vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low
• 销售点xiāo shòu diǎnpoint of sale (POS); checkout; retail outlet
• 销子xiāo zia peg; a pin; dowel
• 销户xiāo hùto close an account; to cancel sb's household registration
• 销案xiāo ànto close a case; to bring a case to a close (law)
• 销号xiāo hàoto close an account; to cancel a (phone) number
• 销行xiāo xíngto sell; to be on sale; to be sold
• 销势xiāo shìsale
• 销假xiāo jiàto report back after a period of absence
• 销售时点xiāo shòu shí diǎnpoint of sale
• 销帐xiāo zhàngto write off; to cancel an account; to draw a line under
• 销货帐xiāo huò zhàngsales ledger (accountancy)
• 销账xiāo zhàngto write off; to cancel an item from accounts
• 销冠xiāo guàntop salesperson; sales champion; top-selling product; best-selling model
• 销蚀xiāo shí(lit. and fig.) to corrode; to erode; to wear away
• 销金窟xiāo jīn kūmoney squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)
• 销赃xiāo zāngto dispose of stolen goods
• 销铄xiāo shuòto melt; to eliminate

Words containing 销

• 推销tuī xiāoto market; to sell
• 畅销chàng xiāoto sell well; bestselling; chart-topping
• 报销bào xiāoto submit an expense account; to apply for reimbursement; to write off
• 撤销chè xiāoto cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo
• 营销yíng xiāomarketing
• 促销cù xiāoto promote sales
• 经销商jīng xiāo shāngdealer; seller; distributor
• 开销kāi xiāoto pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)
• 直销zhí xiāoto sell directly; direct sale (by a factory); direct marketing
• 传销chuán xiāomulti-level marketing
• 畅销书chàng xiāo shūbest-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster
• 推销员tuī xiāo yuánsales representative; salesperson
• 倾销qīng xiāoto dump (goods, products)
• 热销rè xiāoto sell well; hot-selling
• 分销fēn xiāodistribution; retail store
• 经销jīng xiāoto sell; to sell on commission; to distribute
• 注销zhù xiāoto cancel; to annul; to deregister; (accounting) to write off
• 行销xíng xiāoto sell; to market; marketing
• 花销huā xiāoto spend (money); expenses
• 外销wài xiāoto export; to sell abroad
• 代销dài xiāoto sell as agent; to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies); proxy sale (of stocks)
• 摊销tān xiāoto amortize; amortization
• 吊销diào xiāoto suspend (an agreement); to revoke
• 产销chǎn xiāoproduction and sales; production and marketing

Characters built on 肖

These share the phonetic component 肖 (xiào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 销

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 锆gàozirconium (chemistry)
• 锘nuònobelium (chemistry)
• 锗zhěgermanium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 宵night
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant