售票员 (shòupiàoyuán) · ticket seller
售票员 (shòupiàoyuán) means “ticket seller; conductor”. It is written with 3 characters: 售 (to sell) + 票 (ticket) + 员 (member). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 售票员 is built
The characters
售 shòu · to sell
What 售 is made of
- 隹zhuī — short-tailed bird
- 亻rén — person
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A street vendor talks 口 incessantly, like a bird 隹 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
票 piào · ticket
What 票 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
员 yuán · member
What 员 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: money (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 售票员
What does 售票员 mean?
售票员 (shòupiàoyuán) means “ticket seller; conductor”.
How do you pronounce 售票员?
售票员 is pronounced shòupiàoyuán.
Which HSK level is 售票员?
售票员 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 出售chūshòuto sell
- 售货员shòuhuòyuánsalesperson
- 销售xiāoshòuto sell
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 机票jīpiàoplane ticket
- 门票ménpiàoadmission ticket
- 票价piàojiàticket price
- 邮票yóupiàostamp
- 发票fāpiàoreceipt
- 股票gǔpiàostock
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 69: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.