Chinese Word: 卖 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

卖 (Trad.: 賣)HSK 2

Pinyin: mài
English Definition: to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
Chinese Definition:
①拿东西换钱，与“买”相对：卖菜。卖身。买卖。卖方。卖狗皮膏药(喻说得好听，实际上是骗人)。
②背叛祖国、亲友或自己的良心：卖友，卖国求荣。卖身投靠。
③尽量使出力气：卖力。卖命。卖劲儿。
④显示自己，表现自己：卖弄。卖乖。倚老卖老。
⑤售销买。
Antonyms: 买

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 十

Pictophonetic: 买 indicates the sound; 买 (buy) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 十 ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 买 to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade

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Example Words:

出卖灵魂 [ chū mài líng hún ]: to sell one's soul

出卖 [ chū mài ]: to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray

贩卖 [ fàn mài ]: to sell; to peddle; to traffic

买卖 [ mǎi mài ]: buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩

卖国 [ mài guó ]: to sell one's country; treason

Example Sentences

nǐ
你
mài
卖
ma
吗

?
wǒ
我
shì
是
shuō
说
nǐ de
你的
qì chē
汽车

?

Do you sell? I mean your car?
zhè běn
这本
shū
书
mài
卖
dé
得
hěn kuài
很快

。

This book sells well.
tā
他
de
的
huà
画
mài
卖
bù
不
chū qù
出去

。

He can't sell off his paintings.
wǒ
我
bǎ
把
zhè
这
gōng sī
公司
mài
卖
gěi
给
nǐ
你
zěn me yàng
怎么样

？

How about I sell this company to you?
tā men
他们
yǐ jīng
已经
mài
卖
wán le
完了
wǒ xǐ huān
我喜欢
de
的
nà ge
那个
pái zi
牌子

。

They have sold out of the brand that I like.

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