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xiāo

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xiāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāo | xiao1
English translation
to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell

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About xiāo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

xiāo

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xiāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒肖

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiāo .

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Words with xiāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
销售 xiāoshòu to sell銷售
撤销 chèxiāo to repeal撤銷
推销 tuīxiāo to market推銷
营销 yíng xiāo marketing營銷
销量 xiāo liàng sales volume銷量
销毁 xiāohuǐ to obliterate銷毀
促销 cù xiāo to promote sales促銷
经销商 jīng xiāo shāng dealer經銷商
推销员 tuī xiāo yuán salesperson推銷員
xiāo to sell xiāo
畅销 chàngxiāo to sell well暢銷
热销 rè xiāo to sell well熱銷
销售额 xiāo shòu é sales figure銷售額
开销 kāi xiāo expenses開銷
吊销 diào xiāo to revoke吊銷
报销 bàoxiāo to write off報銷
畅销书 chàng xiāo shū best-seller暢銷書
销魂 xiāo hún ecstasy銷魂
注销 zhù xiāo to cancel註銷
倾销 qīng xiāo to dump (goods, products)傾銷
直销 zhí xiāo to sell directly直銷
传销 chuán xiāo multi-level marketing傳銷
分销 fēn xiāo distribution分銷
销声匿迹 xiāo shēng nì jì to lie low銷聲匿跡

xiāo Decomposition & Compounds

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