卖 mài▶ sell

Example sentences

• 这个商店卖水果吗？Zhège shāngdiàn mài shuǐguǒ ma?Does this store sell fruit?
• 我想卖我的手机。Wǒ xiǎng mài wǒ de shǒujī.I want to sell my cellphone.

HSK 2HSK 3.0 · Level 2

Traditional

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HSK 2 — elementary Mandarin: 150 new words, 300 in all. You can handle basic daily tasks and simple routine exchanges. In HSK 3.0, 卖 is in band 2. HSK 2 explained

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中卖means to sell. Here's how you'd ask a shop:中这个商店卖水果吗？

Does this store sell fruit? Say it with me.

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Stroke order

卖 is written in 8 strokes.

• 卖

Senses

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

Related words

• 出卖sell
• 贩卖to traffic, peddle, sell

卖 is pronounced mài and means “sell”.