| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 卖 | 賣 | mài | mai4 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | ||
| 2 | 买卖 | 買賣 | mǎi mài | mai3 mai4 | buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩 | ||
| 3 | 出卖 | 出賣 | chū mài | chu1 mai4 | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray | ||
| 4 | 卖国 | 賣國 | mài guó | mai4 guo2 | to betray one's country | ||
| 5 | 贩卖 | 販賣 | fàn mài | fan4 mai4 | to sell; to peddle; to traffic | ||
| 6 | 叫卖 | 叫賣 | jiào mài | jiao4 mai4 | to hawk (one's wares); to peddle | ||
| 7 | 倒卖 | 倒賣 | dǎo mài | dao3 mai4 | to resell at a profit; to resell at a profit; to speculate | ||
| 8 | 妈卖批 | 媽賣批 | mā mài pī | ma1 mai4 pi1 | (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 妈卖屄 ) | ||
| 9 | 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 | 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯 | dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ | dang1 guan1 bu4 wei4 min2 zuo4 zhu3 bu4 ru2 hui2 jia1 mai4 hong2 shu3 | if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes | ||
| 10 | 得便宜卖乖 | 得便宜賣乖 | dé pián yi mài guāi | de2 pian2 yi5 mai4 guai1 | to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise; to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited | ||
| 11 | 挂羊头卖狗肉 | 掛羊頭賣狗肉 | guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4 | lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom); fig. to cheat; dishonest advertising; wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue | ||
| 12 | 公买公卖 | 公買公賣 | gōng mǎi gōng mài | gong1 mai3 gong1 mai4 | buying and selling at fair prices | ||
| 13 | 高价倒卖 | 高價倒賣 | gāo jià dǎo mài | gao1 jia4 dao3 mai4 | to resell sth. at an exorbitant price (idiom) | ||
| 14 | 拐卖 | 拐賣 | guǎi mài | guai3 mai4 | human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell | ||
| 15 | 贩卖人口 | 販賣人口 | fàn mài rén kǒu | fan4 mai4 ren2 kou3 | trafficking in human beings | ||
| 16 | 荷兰式拍卖 | 荷蘭式拍賣 | hé lán shì pāi mài | He2 lan2 shi4 pai1 mai4 | Dutch auction; descending-price auction | ||
| 17 | 兜卖 | 兜賣 | dōu mài | dou1 mai4 | to peddle; to hawk (pirate goods) | ||
| 18 | 贩卖机 | 販賣機 | fàn mài jī | fan4 mai4 ji1 | vending machine | ||
| 19 | 做买卖 | 做買賣 | zuò mǎi mài | zuo4 mai3 mai4 | to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal | ||
| 20 | 盗卖 | 盜賣 | dào mài | dao4 mai4 | to steal sth and sell it | ||
| 21 | 倒买倒卖 | 倒買倒賣 | dǎo mǎi dǎo mài | dao3 mai3 dao3 mai4 | to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate | ||
| 22 | 大卖场 | 大賣場 | dà mài chǎng | da4 mai4 chang3 | hypermarket; large warehouse-like self-service retail store | ||
| 23 | 大贱卖 | 大賤賣 | dà jiàn mài | da4 jian4 mai4 | to sell at a big discount | ||
| 24 | 出卖灵魂 | 出賣靈魂 | chū mài líng hún | chu1 mai4 ling2 hun2 | to sell one's soul | ||
| 25 | 超卖 | 超賣 | chāo mài | chao1 mai4 | to overbook (e.g. airline seats); to oversell |
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