售罄 (shòuqìng): to be sold out

Meanings

1 to be sold out
2 to sell out completely

Characters

售

Examples

限量款五分钟就售罄了。

Xiànliàng kuǎn wǔ fēnzhōng jiù shòuqìng le.

The limited edition sold out in five minutes.

演唱会门票早已售罄。

Yǎnchànghuì ménpiào zǎo yǐ shòuqìng.

The concert tickets sold out long ago.

Tips

memory

罄 (qìng) = 'used up / empty to the bottom'. The right component is 缶 (an earthenware vessel) — picture the jar tipped completely empty. So 售罄 = 'sold (until) empty'. The character is rare outside this word and the chengyu 罄竹难书 (so many crimes you'd run out of bamboo to record them).

register

Slightly formal / written — common on e-commerce listings, ticket pages, and inventory dashboards. Casual conversation: 卖完了 (mài wán le, 'sold out'). Don't confuse 罄 (qìng) with 磬 (qìng, a stone chime) or 馨 (xīn, fragrance) — same right side 殸, different bottoms.