銷 (siu1 | xiao1) : be marketed; sell; melt; vanish

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銷

siu1

xiao1

[1] [v] melt; fuse [2] [v] be marketed; sell; be circulated [3] vanish; cancel; dispel [4] pig iron; crude iron

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

銷 / 销

This word has been viewed 8031 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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註銷 zyu3 siu1 zhu4 xiao1 = cancel; annul; write off

大銷售 daai6 siu1 sau6 da4 xiao1 shou4 = a sale; price reductions

銷售 siu1 sau6 xiao1 shou4 = market for sale

報銷 bou3 siu1 bao4 xiao1 = to submit claims; a write-off

遠銷 jyun5 siu1 = distant selling

展銷 zin2 siu1 zhan3 xiao1 = display and sell; exhibit and sell

銷毀 siu1 wai2 xiao1 hui3 = to destroy by burning or melting

銷路 siu1 lou6 xiao1 lu4 = market; sales

經銷 ging1 siu1 jing1 xiao1 = to sell; to distribute

直銷 zik6 siu1 = factory-direct, wholesale
See all 48 compounds (CantoDict reports 52 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 銷

小面積房子最熱銷
Small houses are most in demand

這區的房子最暢銷
The houses in the area is most sellable.

景氣好壞可從口紅銷售量看出端倪
The sales volume of lipstick gives a clue as to how prosperous the economy is.

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Decimal representation of this word: 銷
Unicode code for this character: U+92B7 (off-site link)

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