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Referring to sales with 销售 (xiāoshòu)
Structure
销售 + Noun / Verb + 销售
Explanation
销售 (xiāoshòu) means "sales" or "to sell" and is used in business and commercial contexts to describe the act of selling or the volume of goods sold. It can function as both a noun and a verb. For example, 销售量 means "sales volume" and 销售额 means "sales revenue."
Examples
这款手机上个月的销售量特别好。
Zhè kuǎn shǒujī shàng gè yuè de xiāoshòuliàng tèbié hǎo.
This phone model sold particularly well last month.
他在一家科技公司做销售工作。
Tā zài yì jiā kējì gōngsī zuò xiāoshòu gōngzuò.
He works in sales at a tech company.
公司的销售额比预期高出了百分之二十。
Gōngsī de xiāoshòu'é bǐ yùqī gāo chū le bǎi fēn zhī èrshí.
The company's sales revenue exceeded expectations by twenty percent.
这款手机上个月的销售量特别好。
Zhè kuǎn shǒujī shàng ge yuè de xiāoshòuliàng tèbié hǎo.
This phone model had particularly good sales last month.
他在一家科技公司做销售工作。
Tā zài yì jiā kējì gōngsī zuò xiāoshòu gōngzuò.
He works in sales at a tech company.
公司的销售额比预期高出了百分之二十。
Gōngsī de xiāoshòu'é bǐ yùqī gāochūle bǎifēnzhī èrshí.
The company's sales revenue exceeded expectations by twenty percent.