How to say “ticket seller” in Chinese

售票员
shòupiàoyuán

ticket seller, conductor

noun · HSK 4 · topic “Profession and plans”

“Ticket seller” in Chinese is 售票员, shòu piào yuán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.

How to pronounce it

售票员 is read shòu piào yuán: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

shòu — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
piào — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
yuán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

售
shòu — sell
票
piào — ticket
员
yuán — worker, member

On top, 口 “mouth”; below, 贝 “shell”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “售票员”.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “ticket seller” in Chinese?

“Ticket seller” in Chinese is 售票员, pinyin shòupiàoyuán.

What does 售票员 mean?

售票员 (shòupiàoyuán) means “ticket seller, conductor”.

How do you write 售票员?

售票员 is 3 characters: 售 (shòu) — sell; 票 (piào) — ticket; 员 (yuán) — worker, member. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 售票员?

售票员 is read shòupiàoyuán. Tones: shòu — fourth tone, piào — fourth tone, yuán — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“ticket seller” in the lesson “What do you do for work?”

This word is from the topic “Profession and plans” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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