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卖

mài

HSK 2 Character Traditional 賣

What 卖 means

1. to sell
2. to betray
3. to spare no effort
4. to show off or flaunt

Example sentences

• 卖完了！
  All sold out!
• 她卖花。
  She sells flowers.
• 别卖萌！
  Stop acting cute!
• 我卖花。
  I sell flowers.
• 他卖车子。
  He sells cars.
• 他卖水果。
  He sells fruit.

Words starting with 卖

• 卖淫mài yínprostitution; to prostitute oneself
• 卖掉mài diàoto sell off
• 卖家mài jiāseller
• 卖力mài lìto work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
• 卖点mài diǎnselling point
• 卖弄mài nongto show off; to make a display of
• 卖身mài shēnto prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
• 卖国mài guóto betray one's country
• 卖方mài fāngseller (in contracts)
• 卖钱mài qiánto make money by selling sth
• 卖艺mài yìto earn a living by performing (typically in informal or public settings)
• 卖命mài mìngto work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life…
• 卖国贼mài guó zéitraitor
• 卖座mài zuò(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers; popular with the paying public…
• 卖主mài zhǔseller
• 卖唱mài chàngto sing for a living
• 卖价mài jiàselling price
• 卖关子mài guān zi(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on…
• 卖乖mài guāito show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to…
• 卖出mài chūto sell; to reach (a price in an auction)
• 卖场mài chǎng(big) store
• 卖完mài wánto be sold out
• 卖官mài guānto grant government positions in exchange for bribes
• 卖相mài xiàngoutward appearance; demeanor

Words containing 卖

• 出卖chū màito offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray
• 贩卖fàn màito sell; to peddle; to traffic
• 买卖mǎi maipurchase and sale; transaction; shop; store
• 拍卖pāi màito auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
• 小卖部xiǎo mài bùkiosk; snack counter; retail department or section inside a larger business
• 专卖店zhuān mài diànspecialty store
• 叫卖jiào màito hawk (one's wares); to peddle
• 专卖zhuān màimonopoly; exclusive right to trade
• 拐卖guǎi màihuman trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
• 做买卖zuò mǎi màito buy and sell; to do business; to trade
• 变卖biàn màito sell off (one's property)
• 售卖shòu màito sell
• 倒卖dǎo màito resell at a profit; to speculate
• 拍卖会pāi mài huìauction
• 甩卖shuǎi màito mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
• 义卖yì màito hold a charity bazaar; to sell goods for a good cause
• 贱卖jiàn màito sell cheaply; sacrifice; low price
• 转卖zhuǎn màito resell
• 外卖wài mài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)…
• 标卖biāo màito sell at marked price; to sell by tender
• 热卖rè màito sell strongly; to be in great demand
• 特卖tè màito have a sale; sale
• 私卖sī màito sell illicitly; to bootleg; to sell privately
• 超卖chāo màito overbook (e.g. airline seats); to oversell

Characters that look like 卖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 买mǎito buy; to purchase
• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 奕yìabundant; graceful

Sounds the same

Read mài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 麦wheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风
• 迈to take a step; to stride
• 脉arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 唛mark (loanword); also pr. mà
• 劢put forth effort
• 鿏meitnerium (chemistry)
• 霢used in 霢霂; Taiwan pr. mò
• 霡old variant of 霢