| 銷 | 1114C40 81A.42-2 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄒㄧㄠ [xiao1] . [Closely related消 63A.42] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To melt (metals): 銷金 [xiao1jin1]↓. (2) Distribute in sales: 銷售 [xiao1shou4]↓; 銷數不大 small sales; 暢銷，滯銷 sell very well, not very well; 推銷 promote sales; 承銷 to act as sales agent. (3) To end or close (also 消): 銷假 [xiao1jia4]↓; 銷案 [xiao1an4]↓. (4) To consume, spend (interch. 消): 銷耗 [xiao1hao4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 銷案 [xiao1an4], v.i., close a legal case. 2. 銷差 [xiao1chai1], v.i., terminate mission. 3. 銷場 [xiao1chang2], n., sales market, extent of sales (big, small). 4. 銷耗 [xiao1hao4], (1) n., expenditure; (2) v.i. & t., spend, wear out, cost: 銷耗浩大 cost a great deal. 5. 銷魂 [xiao1hun2], v.i., as in 黯然銷魂 “melt away soul”－be in love. 6. 銷假 [xiao1jia4], v.i., terminate leave. 7. 銷金 [xiao1jin1], (1) adj., gold sprinkled (paper, curtain); (2) n., 銷金窟 also 銷金窩 “where gold melts away”--house of pleasure, an expensive mistress, gambling house. 8. 銷路 [xiao1lu4], n., sales: 銷路不好 the sales are small. 9. 銷行 [xiao1xing2], n. & v.i., (commercial goods) sell well, badly. 10. 銷售 [xiao1shou4], n. & v.i., sales; sell. 11. 銷字 [xiao1zi4], n., characters which are cut and pasted on scrolls of congratulation or condolence. | |||||