銷
xiāo HSK7

melt, sell

销 (銷) xiāo
cancel verb
to cancel, annul, or write off

既然误会已经解开了，我们就把这笔账销了吧。

jì​rán wù​huì yǐ​jīng jiě​kāi le, wǒ​men jiù bǎ zhè bǐ zhàng xiāo liǎo ba.

Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's write off this account.

melt verb
to melt or fuse metal

这些破旧的铜钱都被收回去销了重铸。

zhè​xiē pò​jiù de tóng qián dōu bèi shōu huí​qu xiāo le chóng​zhù.

These worn-out copper coins were all collected to be melted down and recast.

pin verb
a pin, bolt, or fastener; to fasten with a pin or bolt

临走前，他反手把院门销上了。

lín​zǒu qián, tā fǎn​shǒu bǎ yuàn​mén xiāo shàng le.

Before leaving, he reached back and bolted the yard gate.

sell verb
to sell or market goods

这些当地特产目前正销往全国各地。

zhè​xiē dāng​dì tè​chǎn mù​qián zhèng xiāo wǎng quán guó gè dì.

These local specialties are currently being sold all over the country.

spend verb
to expend or spend money or resources

他每个月在房租上就要销去不少钱。

tā měi gè yuè zài fáng​zū shàng jiù yào xiāo qù bù​shǎo qián.

He spends quite a bit of money on rent every month.

Frequency
Character
Written text
904th most common 190.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,219th most common 69.2 per million appears in 28% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
21.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
销
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+92B7

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)