‘销货’ is a verb meaning ‘to sell goods’ or ‘to sell merchandise’. It combines the character 销 (xiāo), which means ‘to sell’, ‘to market’, or ‘to dispose of’, and 货 (huò), meaning ‘goods’, ‘merchandise’, or ‘cargo’. Together, they form a compound verb commonly used in business and commercial contexts to refer to the act of selling inventory or completing sales transactions.

This term is formal and frequently appears in reports, invoices, sales meetings, and logistics documentation. It emphasizes the process or outcome of selling rather than the act of offering for sale (which might use 卖 or 推销). While it can appear in spoken Chinese among professionals, it’s more typical in written or semi-formal workplace communication — for example, when discussing monthly sales targets, warehouse turnover, or retail performance metrics.