| 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 | 卖国 | 賣國 | mài guó | mai4 guo2 | to betray one's country | ||
| 3 | 卖身 | 賣身 | mài shēn | mai4 shen1 | to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery | ||
| 4 | 卖力 | 賣力 | mài lì | mai4 li4 | to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand | ||
| 5 | 卖力气 | 賣力氣 | mài lì qi | mai4 li4 qi5 | to make a living doing manual labor; to give sth all one's got | ||
| 6 | 卖萌 | 賣萌 | mài méng | mai4 meng2 | (slang) to act cute | ||
| 7 | 卖面子 | 賣面子 | mài miàn zi | mai4 mian4 zi5 | to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them) | ||
| 8 | 卖命 | 賣命 | mài mìng | mai4 ming4 | to throw one's life in for; to haplessly give one's life for; to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group; to pour in one's utmost effort; to shed one's last ounce of strength for | ||
| 9 | 卖弄 | 賣弄 | mài nong | mai4 nong5 | to show off; to make a display of | ||
| 10 | 卖破绽 | 賣破綻 | mài pò zhàn | mai4 po4 zhan4 | to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc) | ||
| 11 | 卖肉 | 賣肉 | mài ròu | mai4 rou4 | butcher; meat merchant | ||
| 12 | 卖肉者 | 賣肉者 | mài ròu zhě | mai4 rou4 zhe3 | butcher | ||
| 13 | 卖傻 | 賣傻 | mài shǎ | mai4 sha3 | to play stupid; to act like an idiot | ||
| 14 | 卖苦力 | 賣苦力 | mài kǔ lì | mai4 ku3 li4 | to make a hard living as unskilled laborer | ||
| 15 | 卖炭翁 | 賣炭翁 | mài tàn wēng | Mai4 Tan4 Weng1 | The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 | ||
| 16 | 卖头卖脚 | 賣頭賣腳 | mài tóu mài jiǎo | mai4 tou2 mai4 jiao3 | to show one's face in public; to be a prostitute | ||
| 17 | 卖完 | 賣完 | mài wán | mai4 wan2 | to be sold out | ||
| 18 | 卖文度日 | 賣文度日 | mài wén dù rì | mai4 wen2 du4 ri4 | to write for a living (idiom) | ||
| 19 | 卖文为生 | 賣文為生 | mài wén wéi shēng | mai4 wen2 wei2 sheng1 | to write for a living (idiom) | ||
| 20 | 卖相 | 賣相 | mài xiàng | mai4 xiang4 | outward appearance; demeanor | ||
| 21 | 卖笑 | 賣笑 | mài xiào | mai4 xiao4 | to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself | ||
| 22 | 卖艺 | 賣藝 | mài yì | mai4 yi4 | Performing arts | ||
| 23 | 卖淫 | 賣淫 | mài yín | mai4 yin2 | prostitution; to prostitute oneself | ||
| 24 | 卖主 | 賣主 | mài zhǔ | mai4 zhu3 | seller | ||
| 25 | 卖座 | 賣座 | mài zuò | mai4 zuo4 | (of a movie, show etc) to attract large audiences |
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