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卖
賣
mài
1.
to sell
2.
to betray
3.
to spare no effort
4.
to show off or flaunt
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
倒卖
dǎomài
to resell at a profit
兜卖
dōumài
to peddle
出卖
chūmài
to offer for sale
叛卖
pànmài
to betray
叫卖
jiàomài
to hawk (one's wares)
售卖
shòumài
to sell
外卖
wàimài
to go
寄卖
jìmài
to consign for sale
专卖
zhuānmài
monopoly
拍卖
pāimài
to auction
拐卖
guǎimài
human trafficking
掠卖
lüèmài
to press-gang sb and sell into slavery
捣卖
dǎomài
to resell at a profit
摆卖
bǎimài
hawking
标卖
biāomài
to sell at marked price
热卖
rèmài
hot selling
烧卖
shāomài
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
甩卖
shuǎimài
to mark down (the price of goods)
盗卖
dàomài
to steal sth and sell it
私卖
sīmài
to sell illicitly
Example Sentences (6)
孩子眼中的世界是美丽和奇特的。有一本书叫《新十万个为什么》，现在卖得非常火。书里的内容都是儿童想知道的科学知识，相信你女儿一定喜欢读。
Háizi yǎnzhōng de shìjiè shì měilì hé qítè de.yǒu yī běn shū jiào《xīn shíwàn gè wèishénme》,xiànzài mài de fēicháng huǒ.shū lǐ de nèiróng dōu shì értóng xiǎng zhīdào de kēxuézhīshi,xiāngxìn nǐ nǚér yīdìng xǐhuān dú.
To a child, the world is a beautiful and wondrous place. There is a book called *The New 100,000 Whys* that is currently a huge bestseller. It covers scientific topics that children are curious about, and I'm sure your daughter would love reading it.
Text 1
我想把这个电脑卖了，再买一个更好的。
Wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhège diànnǎo mài le, zài mǎi yí gè gèng hǎo de.
I want to sell this computer and buy a better one.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 973
- Word Frequency Rank
- 825 of 84,292