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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)

卖
mài
to sell; to betray; to show off
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

卖卜
màibǔ
to do trade as a fortune teller
卖力
màilì
to really put out energy for
卖出
màichū
to sell
卖价
màijià
selling price
变卖
biànmài
to sell off (one's property)
贩卖
fànmài
to sell
HSK 6
卖傻
màishǎ
to play stupid
叫卖
jiàomài
to hawk (one's wares)
卖主
màizhǔ
seller
买卖
mǎimài
buying and selling
售卖
shòumài
to sell
卖点
màidiǎn
selling point
外卖
wàimài
to go
倒卖
dǎomài
to resell at a profit
转卖
zhuǎnmài
to resell
卖身
màishēn
to prostitute oneself
寄卖
jìmài
to consign for sale
专卖
zhuānmài
monopoly
兜卖
dōumài
to peddle
趸卖
dǔnmài
to sell wholesale

Example Sentences (2)

今天的西瓜怎么卖？
Jīntiān de xīguā zěnme mài?
How much are watermelons today?
Text 3
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