抽成

chōuchéng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to take a cut / commission
  2. 2 to take a percentage (of revenue/sales)

Examples

HSK 4
Zhōngjiè chōuchéng tài gāo le.
The agency's commission is way too high.
HSK 6
Píngtái měi dān chōuchéng bǎi fēn zhī èrshí.
The platform takes a 20% cut on each order.

Tips

usage
Can be a verb ('to take a cut') or a noun ('the cut taken'). Ubiquitous in gig-economy and platform-economy complaints - think Meituan, Didi, Taobao livestream MCNs.
grammar
'to draw/extract' + 'portion/tenth'. Literally 'to pull out a portion'. here is the classical measure for tenths (三成 = 30%, 七成 = 70%).

Stroke Order

chōu
chéng