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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 售
[shòu]
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1.
verb
sell
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 售
[shòu]
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1.
动
卖；卖出
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票已售完
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售货
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销售
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零售。
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2.
动
[文]
实现；施展(多指奸计)
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以售其奸。
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3.
上面不是"佳"。
Examples
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本处只售站票。
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Standing room only.
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北京至上海的特别快车只售济南以远的车票。
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不许制售假冒伪劣商品。
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The bus conductor was in bad mood today.
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这个公交售票员今天的心情不太好。
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I had some really dirty looks from people in the shops，bus conductors，you know.
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你知道，我时常遭受商店售货员和公交售票员的白眼。
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nciku Note
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售, 出售 and 卖
shòu, chūshòu and mài
The three words all mean “to sell”, 卖 is the most colloquial, and the other two are more literary. Since 出售 is disyllabic, its syllabic collocation is different. In the following colloquial sentences, 卖 is used.
(1) 那里卖的东西又便宜又好。
(2) 这件衣服现在卖多少钱？
卖 can be used in an abstract meaning.
(3) 他是卖苦力的，靠力气吃饭。
(4) 我是不会卖友求荣的。
售 is literary.
(5) 本店存书不多，售（卖）完为止。
(6) 我们去售票处买票吧。
出售 is even more literary and mostly applied to big batches of merchandise. It is usually in collocation with disyllabic words.
(7) 本店商品，一律降价出售。
(8) 这个国家以在国际上出售矿石著称。
In addition, 卖 can also mean “not to spare”. The other two words have no such usage.
(9) 他干活很卖力。
这三个动词都表示在交易中用物换取钱。“卖”最口语化，“出售”和“售”则较书面化。“出售”是双音节词，因此在音节搭配上也有特殊性。以下口语的与子中，一般用“卖”。
“卖”也可以用于抽象意义。
“售”较书面化。
“出售”更为书面化，多用于大宗商品，在音节上多与双音节词搭配。
另外，“卖”还可以表示不吝惜等，其他两个词没有这种用法。
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