销
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xiāo · to fuse, to melt

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #11332
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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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钅Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 销

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xiāoWords pronounced xiāo
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Example sentences

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Zuì jìn tiān māo shàng yǒu shǒu jī cù xiāo huó dòng.最近天猫上有手机促销活动。

Recently T Mall has had a sales promotion on cell phones.

Source: Tatoeba #5147454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiāo shòu bù mén hé yíng xiāo bù mén de mù biāo bú jiàn dé yí yàng.销售部门和营销部门的目标不见得一样。

The objectives of the marketing department and the sales department are not necessarily the same.

Source: Tatoeba #5144718 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hēng lì yīn wèi shāng le shǒu bì ér bèi chè xiāo le bǐ sài zī gé.亨利因为伤了手臂而被撤销了比赛资格。

Harry had to back out of the competition because of a broken arm.

Source: Tatoeba #818929 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè wèi nǚ shì shì bu shì tuī xiāo yuán?这位女士是不是推销员?

Is this lady a saleswoman?

Source: Tatoeba #389053 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ men xué xiào zhēn hǎo, hái bāng nǐ men bào xiāo lái huí de jī piào.你们学校真好,还帮你们报销来回的机票。

Your school is so kind to reimburse you for the return airfare.

Source: Tatoeba #352621 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de chēzi de kāi xiāo bǐ nǐ de yào duō.我的车子的开销比你的要多。

My car cost more than yours did.

Source: Tatoeba #4845072 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 销 in context

  1. Say xiāo, then recall the core meaning: to fuse, to melt.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 促销 (cù xiāo), meaning “to promote sales”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 销 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.