卖 (賣) mài

1. mài verb to sell
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '賣'; Guoyu '賣' v 1; Kroll 2015 '賣' 1, p. 293; Unihan '賣')
2. mài verb to betray
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '賣'; Guoyu '賣' v 2; Unihan '賣')
3. mài verb to show off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '賣'; Guoyu '賣' v 3; Kroll 2015 '賣' 2, p. 293; Unihan '賣')
4. mài proper noun Mai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '賣' n)

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• 售卖(售賣) to sell
• 卖弄(賣弄) to show off; to make a display of
• 热卖(熱賣) hot selling; best seller
• 卖面子(賣面子) to obsequiously bequeath favors on behalf of another; to give face to somebody by doing favors on their behalf; to curry favor for a third party; to intercede on another's behalf
• 折卖(折賣) to sell off
• 卖萌(賣萌) to act cute
• 妈卖批(媽賣批) (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute
• 一锤子买卖(一錘子買賣) a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
• 挂羊头卖狗肉(掛羊頭賣狗肉) to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat; to cheat; dishonest advertising
• 装疯卖傻(裝瘋賣傻) to play the fool ; to feign madness
• 讨好卖乖(討好賣乖) to curry favor by showing obeisance
• 倒卖(倒賣) to resell at a profit; to speculate
• 卖力(賣力) to really put out energy for
• 超卖(超賣) to overbook (airline seats); to oversell
• 卖完(賣完) to be sold out
• 拍卖商(拍賣商) auctioneer; auction house
• 卖破绽(賣破綻) to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
• 叫卖(叫賣) to hawk; to peddle
• 卖家(賣家) seller
• 卖点(賣點) selling point
• 标卖(標賣) to sell at marked price; to sell by tender
• 卖风流(賣風流) to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
• 卖淫(賣淫) prostitution; to prostitute oneself
• 特卖会(特賣會) promotional event; sale
• 公买公卖(公買公賣) buying and selling at fair prices
• 家居卖场(家居賣場) furniture store; furniture mall
• 榷卖(榷賣) monopoly sales
• 卖方(賣方) seller (in contracts)
• 拐卖(拐賣) human trafficking
• 证券柜台买卖中心(證券櫃檯買賣中心) GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
• 卖相(賣相) outward appearance; demeanor
• 掠卖华工(掠賣華工) Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
• 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
• 大卖场(大賣場) hypermarket; large warehouse-like self-service retail store
• 荷兰式拍卖(荷蘭式拍賣) Dutch auction / descending-price auction
• 变卖(變賣) to sell off
• 贩卖机(販賣機) vending machine
• 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸(王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇) every potter praises his own pot; all one's geese are swans
• 卖场(賣場) market; store; mall (usually specializing in a particular product category such as furniture)
• 趸卖(躉賣) to sell wholesale
• 生炒热卖(生炒熱賣) to sell while it's still hot
• 卖肉(賣肉) butcher; meat merchant
• 出卖(出賣) to sell ; to betray
• 买空卖空(買空賣空) to speculate; to play the market; to sell hot air
• 卖傻(賣傻) to play stupid; to act like an idiot
• 现炒现卖(現炒現賣) to fry and sell on the spot
• 热炒热卖(熱炒熱賣) to sell hot food freshly cooked; to teach what one has just learned; enthusiasm of the new convert
• 清仓大甩卖(清倉大甩賣) clearance sale; fire sale
• 拍卖会(拍賣會) auction
• 掠卖(掠賣) to press-gang and sell into slavery

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• 卷九十七　志第四十五下: 食貨五 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 45
• 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 43
• 卷一百八十三 志第一百三十六 食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e History of Song 宋史 — count: 40
• 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 32
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷一百八十五 志第一百三十八 食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 23
• 卷一百七十三 志第一百二十六 食貨上一 Volume 173 Treatises 126: Finance and Economics 1a History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 19

Collocations

• 卖爵 (賣爵) 請賣爵鬻子 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 卖买 (賣買) 七曰聽賣買以質劑 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 11
• 卖子 (賣子) 民無𥼷賣子數矣 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬數第六十九 Chapter 69: The Number of Horses in a Team — count: 9
• 民卖 (民賣) 四郊之民賣賤 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 5
• 𥼷卖 (𥼷賣) 民無𥼷賣子數矣 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬數第六十九 Chapter 69: The Number of Horses in a Team — count: 4
• 卖浆 (賣漿) 薛公藏於賣漿家 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏公子列傳》 Biographiy of the prince of Wei — count: 3
• 卖友 (賣友) 天下稱酈況賣友 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十一 樊酈滕灌傅靳周傳 Volume 41: Fan, Li, Teng, Guan, Fu, Jin and Zhou — count: 3
• 坐卖 (坐賣) 遂坐賣宅縣官故貴 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 3
• 生卖 (生賣) 齊王田廣以酈生賣己 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 3
• 请卖 (請賣) 請賣爵鬻子 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 3