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 [ shí ] ten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 买 [ mǎi ] to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade

Similar Characters: 买荬

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买卖	mǎi mài	buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩	HSK 2
拍卖	pāi mài	to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price	HSK 5
出卖	chū mài	to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out or betray	HSK 6
贩卖	fàn mài	to sell; to peddle; to traffic	HSK 6
拐卖	guǎi mài	human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell

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1		nǐ 你 mài 卖 ma 吗？ wǒ 我 shì 是 shuō 说 nǐ 你 de 的 qì chē 汽车？ Do you sell? I mean your car?
2		zhè 这 chē 车 mài 卖 dé 得 fēi cháng 非常 pián yí 便宜。 The car went very cheap.
3		zhè 这 běn 本 shū 书 mài 卖 dé 得 hěn 很 kuài 快。 This book sells well.
4		nǐ 你 bǎ 把 tā 它 mài 卖 le 了？ You sold it?
5		tā 他 de 的 huà 画 mài 卖 bù 不 chū qù 出去。 He can't sell off his paintings.

1		nǐ 你 mài 卖 ma 吗？ wǒ 我 shì 是 shuō 说 nǐ 你 de 的 qì chē 汽车？ Do you sell? I mean your car?
2		zhè 这 chē 车 mài 卖 dé 得 fēi cháng 非常 pián yí 便宜。 The car went very cheap.
3		zhè 这 běn 本 shū 书 mài 卖 dé 得 hěn 很 kuài 快。 This book sells well.
4		nǐ 你 bǎ 把 tā 它 mài 卖 le 了？ You sold it?
5		tā 他 de 的 huà 画 mài 卖 bù 不 chū qù 出去。 He can't sell off his paintings.