售货员 (shòuhuòyuán) · salesperson

售货员 (shòuhuòyuán) means “salesperson; shop assistant”. It is written with 3 characters: 售 (to sell) + 货 (goods) + 员 (member). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.

How 售货员 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

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)

货 huò · goods

What 货 is made of

化huà — to change
- 亻rén — person
- 匕bǐ — spoon
  - 乚 — hook stroke
  - 丿 — falling stroke
贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person

Origin hint: 贝 gives the meaning, 化 gives the sound. (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
贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person

Origin hint: money (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

Example sentences

她在商店当售货员。Tā zài shāngdiàn dāng shòuhuòyuán.She works as a sales clerk in a shop.

请问售货员在哪儿？Qǐngwèn shòuhuòyuán zài nǎr?Excuse me, where is the sales assistant?

Questions about 售货员

What does 售货员 mean?

售货员 (shòuhuòyuán) means “salesperson; shop assistant”.

How do you pronounce 售货员?

售货员 is pronounced shòuhuòyuán.

Which HSK level is 售货员?

售货员 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.

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Learn 售货员 with its group

It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 62: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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