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售 shòu sell

How to remember 售: 隹 pigeon + 口 mouth = sell. At the market a man with a pigeon on his shoulder opens his mouth wide and shouts about the corn he wants to sell.

  • 1,114. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 口

Component breakdown

售 = 隹 pigeon + 口 mouth

  • 隹 pigeon
  • 口 mouth
The Gushi story

At the market a man with a pigeon on his shoulder opens his mouth wide and shouts about the corn he wants to sell.

How it is used

  • Formal 'to sell' - used on signs and in commerce: 出售 (chūshòu) for sale, 销售 (xiāoshòu) sales/to market, 售价 (shòujià) selling price.
  • In everyday speech people say 卖 (mài); 售 belongs to signage and business register: 售完 (shòuwán) sold out, 售票 (shòupiào) sell tickets.
  • 零售 (língshòu) = retail, opposite of 批发 (pīfā) wholesale - 批发市场 (pīfā shìchǎng) a wholesale market.

Words with 售

Example sentences

  • 他们出售各种商品。 Tāmen chūshòu gè zhǒng shāngpǐn.They sell all kinds of goods.
  • 售货员请我输入卡号密码。 Shòuhuòyuán qǐng wǒ shūrù kǎhào mìmǎ.The salesperson asked me to enter my pin number.