賣 (maai6 | mai4 yu4) : sell

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賣

maai6

mai4 yu4

[1] [v] sell [2] [v] betray; harm another in order to benefit oneself [3] [v] show off; flaunt

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

賣 / 卖

Don't confuse with:
貴買賈

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jul 2009 04:28

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賣唱 maai6 coeng3 mai4 chang4 = to sing for a living

買賣 maai5 maai6 mai3 mai4 = business; trade

拍賣 paak3 maai6 pai1 mai4 = to auction

賣主 maai6 zyu2 mai4 zhu3 = a seller

變賣 bin3 maai6 bian4 mai4 = to sell off (one's property)

大平賣 daai6 peng4 maai6 = a sale (in a shop/store) 粵

賣告白 maai6 gou3 baak6 = to advertise 粵

出賣 ceot1 maai6 chu1 mai4 = betray 粵

燒賣 siu1 maai6*2 shao1 mai4 = pork and mushroom dumpling

外賣 ngoi6 maai6 wai4 mai4 = "take-out", takeaway 粵
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 79 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 賣

唔該，請問有冇榴槤賣呀？粵
Excuse me, do you sell durian?

係咪想賣保險嗰啲人呀？粵
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?

你要出賣你啲朋友粵
You need to sell out your friends.

提子係斷斤賣架粵
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
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.

因爲走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 賣
Unicode code for this character: U+8CE3 (off-site link)

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