卖 (賣) mài
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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') -
mài
verb
to betray
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '賣'; Guoyu '賣' v 2; Unihan '賣') -
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') -
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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- 现炒现卖(現炒現賣) to fry and sell on the spot
- 卖方(賣方) seller (in contracts)
- 超卖(超賣) to overbook (airline seats); to oversell
- 卖命(賣命) to throw one's life in for; to haplessly give one's life for; to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group; to pour in one's utmost effort; to shed one's last ounce of strength for
- 葫芦里卖的是什么药(葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥) what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on?
- 卖关子(賣關子) to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling); to keep people on tenterhooks
- 做买卖(做買賣) to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal
- 证券柜台买卖中心(證券櫃檯買賣中心) GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
- 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
- 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
- 变卖(變賣) to sell off
- 拍卖(拍賣) auction ; to sell at a reduced price; to dump
- 清仓大甩卖(清倉大甩賣) clearance sale; fire sale
- 售卖(售賣) to sell
- 卖身(賣身) to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
- 垄断贩卖(壟斷販賣) monopoly
- 卖家(賣家) seller
- 榷卖(榷賣) monopoly sales
- 贱卖(賤賣) to sell cheaply
- 卖笑(賣笑) to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself
- 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
- 得便宜卖乖(得便宜賣乖) to have benefited from something but pretend otherwise
- 摆卖(擺賣) hawking; street vending
- 卖价(賣價) selling price
- 热卖品(熱賣品) hot-selling property
- 叛卖(叛賣) to betray
- 强买强卖(強買強賣) to force somebody to buy or sell; to trade using coercion
- 拍卖商(拍賣商) auctioneer; auction house
- 贩卖机(販賣機) vending machine
- 卖主(賣主) seller
- 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
- 热卖(熱賣) hot selling; best seller
- 大贱卖(大賤賣) to sell at a big discount
- 寄卖(寄賣) to consign for sale
- 义卖(義賣) a jumble sale for good cause; a charity bazaar
- 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸(老王賣瓜,自賣自誇) every potter praises his own pot; all one's geese are swans
- 卖空(賣空) to sell short (finance)
- 买卖(買賣) trading; business; buying and selling; business dealings; transactions
- 卖傻(賣傻) to play stupid; to act like an idiot
- 出卖(出賣) to sell ; to betray
- 公买公卖(公買公賣) buying and selling at fair prices
- 义卖会(義賣會) bazaar
- 掠卖华工(掠賣華工) Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
- 卖春(賣春) to engage in prostitution
- 砸锅卖铁(砸鍋賣鐵) to be willing to sacrifice everything one has
- 掠卖(掠賣) to press-gang and sell into slavery
- 专卖(專賣) monopoly; exclusive right to trade
- 大卖场(大賣場) hypermarket; large warehouse-like self-service retail store
- 卖萌(賣萌) to act cute
- 讨好卖乖(討好賣乖) to curry favor by showing obeisance
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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
- 卖爵 (賣爵) 請賣爵鬻子 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — 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
- 卖重 (賣重) 則以為賣重 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說難第十二 Chapter 12: Difficulties of Persuasion — count: 3
- 贵卖 (貴賣) 近於師者貴賣 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 3
- 卖儥 (賣儥) 掌其賣儥之事 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
- 鬻卖 (鬻賣) 傭徒鬻賣之道也 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — 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