Chinese Word: 販 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

販 (Simplified: 贩)HSK 6

Pinyin: fàn

English Definition: to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle

Chinese Definition:
①买货出卖：贩私。贩毒。贩卖。贩运。
②买货物出卖的行商或小商人：商贩。摊贩。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 貝

Pictophonetic:反 indicates the sound; 貝 (money) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 貝 [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency
- 反 [ fǎn ] reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-

Similar Characters: 賬

販毒	fàn dú	to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade
販賣HSK 6	fàn mài	to sell; to peddle; to traffic
販子	fàn zǐ	child trafficking

1		mǒu xiē 某些 xiǎo shāng fàn 小商贩 zuì ài 最爱 de 的 wèi zhi 位置。 Favorite position of some tradesmen.
2		wèi le 为了 bǎo hù 保护 dòng wù 动物， wǒ men 我们 yīng gāi 应该 jìn zhǐ 禁止 liè shā 猎杀 hé 和 fàn mài 贩卖 yě shēng 野生 dòng wù 动物。 To protect animals, we should ban hunting and trafficking of wild animals.
3		gōng ān 公安 jī guān 机关 tōng guò 通过 jì shù 技术 shǒu duàn 手段 pò huò 破获 le 了 yì qǐ 一起 tè dà 特大 kuà guó 跨国 fàn dú àn 贩毒案。 The public security organs used technical means to solve a major cross-border drug trafficking case.