卖座

賣座

màizuò

adjective #24,105

Meanings

1 popular with audiences
2 high-grossing
3 box-office hit
4 (of a restaurant) drawing many customers

Characters

seat; (measure word for mountains, buildings, etc.)

Examples

这部电影非常卖座，首周票房破纪录。

Zhè bù diànyǐng fēicháng màizuò, shǒu zhōu piàofáng pò jìlù.

This film was a huge box-office hit, breaking records in its opening week.

这家餐厅菜好价实，一直很卖座。

Zhè jiā cāntīng cài hǎo jià shí, yīzhí hěn màizuò.

This restaurant has good food at fair prices and has always been popular with customers.

卖座的演出场场爆满。

Màizuò de yǎnchū chǎng chǎng bào mǎn.

The popular show was sold out at every performance.

Tips

usage

卖座 literally means 'selling seats' — originally about theaters and cinemas selling out seats. It has extended to restaurants (filling tables) and any popular entertainment. The nominalized form 卖座片 means a box-office hit film.

Stroke Order

卖 mài

座 zuò