賣座

mài zuò

A2 Level 4*
Stative verb

賣座 (mài zuò) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4* (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers
  2. popular with the paying public; high-grossing
  3. number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)

Stroke order

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Example

這部電影很賣座。

This movie is a box-office hit.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).