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拍卖

pāi mài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 拍賣

拍卖 (pāi mài) means "to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 拍卖 means

1. to auction
2. auction sale
3. to sell at a reduced price

The characters in 拍卖

• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort

Example sentences

• 无人领取的物品被拍卖了。
  Wúrén lǐngqǔ de wùpǐn bèi pāimài le.
  The unclaimed items were sold off at auction.
• 她没有准备烛光晚餐，而是把她的男友放到Ebay上拍卖。
  Tā méiyǒu zhǔnbèi zhúguāng wǎncān, érshì bǎ tā de nányǒu fàng dào Ebay shàng pāimài.
  Instead of preparing a dinner by candlelight, she put her boyfriend up for auction on eBay.
• "亲爱的，快，快。有个名为Tatoeba的网站正在拍卖它的句子收藏一句每一分钱！他们甚至有个优惠像是买一百句送一句！" "啊太好了！现在人们收集句子当作嗜好？！这是什么世界来着！"
  "qīn'ài de, kuài, kuài. yǒu gè míngwéi T atoeba de wǎngzhàn zhèngzài pāimài tā de jùzi shōucáng yījù měi yī fēnqián! tāmen shènzhì yǒu gè yōuhuì xiàng shì mǎi yī bǎi jù sòng yījù!" "ā tàihǎole! xiànzài rénmen shōují jùzi dàngzuò shìhào?! zhè shì shénme shìjiè láizhe!"
  "Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning its sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! What's the world coming to!"

Words starting with 拍卖

• 拍卖会pāi mài huìauction
• 拍卖商pāi mài shāngauctioneer; auction house
• 拍卖师pāi mài shīauctioneer

Words containing 拍卖

• 荷兰式拍卖Hé lán shì pāi màiDutch auction; descending-price auction

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