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maai6
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[1] [v] sell [2] [v] betray; harm another in order to benefit oneself [3] [v] show off; flaunt Stroke count: 15
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 貴買賈 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 11th Dec 2008 | |
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賣唱
maai6 coeng3 = to sing for a living
買賣
maai5 maai6 = business; trade
賣主
maai6 zyu2 = a seller
變賣
bin3 maai6 = to sell off (one's property)
大平賣
daai6 peng4 maai6 = a sale (in a shop/store) 粵
拍賣
paak3 maai6 = to auction
賣告白
maai6 gou3 baak6 = to advertise 粵
出賣
ceot1 maai6 = betray 粵
燒賣
siu1 maai6*2 = pork and mushroom dumplings
外賣
ngoi6 maai6 = "take-out", takeawaySee all 57 compounds |
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Showing all 2 examples containing 賣
提子係斷斤賣架 粵
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The grapes are sold according to their weight.
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。 粵
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This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/140/]賣[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 賣
Unicode code for this character: U+8CE3 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/140/]賣[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/140/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">賣</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 賣
Unicode code for this character: U+8CE3 (off-site link)
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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