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贩

fàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 販

What 贩 means

1. to deal in
2. to buy and sell
3. to trade in
4. to retail
5. to peddle

Example sentences

• 你们有贩卖水果吗 ?
  Do you sell fruit?
• 咖啡自动贩卖机是坏的。
  Kāfēi zìdòng fànmàijī shì huài de.
  The coffee machine's not working.
• 这台自动贩卖机故障了。
  This vending machine isn't working.
• 她在演唱会的场地贩卖毒品。
  She's selling drugs at concerts.
• 你们也有贩售咖啡壶配件吗？
  Do you sell coffee pot accessories too?
• 他们在办公室安装了一台自动贩卖机。
  Tāmen zài bàngōngshì ānzhuāng le yī tái zìdòng fànmàijī.
  They installed a vending machine at work.

Words starting with 贩

• 贩卖fàn màito sell; to peddle; to traffic
• 贩子fàn zitrafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
• 贩毒fàn dúto traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade
• 贩运fàn yùnto transport (for sale); to traffic (in sth)
• 贩售fàn shòuto sell
• 贩夫fàn fūpeddler; street vendor
• 贩私fàn sīto traffic (smuggled goods); illegal trading
• 贩卖机fàn mài jī(Taiwan) vending machine
• 贩卖人口fàn mài rén kǒutrafficking in human beings
• 贩婴fàn yīngchild trafficking
• 贩夫俗子fàn fū sú zipeddlers and common people; lower class
• 贩夫走卒fàn fū zǒu zúlit. peddlers and carriers; common people; lower class

Words containing 贩

• 小贩xiǎo fànpeddler; hawker
• 商贩shāng fàntrader; peddler
• 票贩子piào fàn ziticket scalper
• 摊贩tān fànstallkeeper; peddler
• 人贩子rén fàn zihuman trafficker
• 毒贩dú fàndrug dealer; drug trafficker
• 小商贩xiǎo shāng fànsmall trader; peddler
• 量贩liàng fànto sell in a large amount at a lower price per unit
• 量贩店liàng fàn diànwholesale store; hypermarket
• 量贩式liàng fàn shìat wholesale price
• 人口贩运rén kǒu fàn yùntrafficking in persons; human trafficking
• 自动贩卖机zì dòng fàn mài jīvending machine
• 鱼贩yú fànfishmonger
• 肉贩ròu fànbutcher
• 二道贩子èr dào fàn zimiddleman; buyer and seller

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 贩

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

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饭cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 范pattern; model; example
• 泛(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 犯to violate; to offend; to assault
• 笵bamboo mold
• 嬎(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs; (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
• 畈field; farm
• 梵abbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 飰old variant of 饭