Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 卖

to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt

to mark down (the price of goods)
to sell off cheap

to sell illicitly
to bootleg
to sell privately

to consign for sale

to hold a charity bazaar; to sell goods for a good cause

to show off one's cleverness
(of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by

seller

to betray

to sell

to make money by selling sth

to show off
to make a display of

selling price

seller

to hawk (one's wares)
to peddle

to work as a good-time girl; to prostitute oneself

(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers
popular with the paying public; high-grossing
number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)

to resell

to work hard
to do one's very best
to throw oneself into the task at hand

to resell at a profit
to speculate

to sell strongly; to be in great demand

to sell off (one's property)

selling point

to be sold out

to resell at a profit

to press-gang sb and sell into slavery

to overbook (e.g. airline seats)
to oversell

hawking
street vending

buying and selling
business
business transactions
CL:樁／桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)

to offer for sale; to sell
to sell out; to betray

prostitution
to prostitute oneself

to play stupid
to act like an idiot

to steal sth and sell it

seller (in contracts)

to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away
to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)

to sell off

(slang) to act cute

to betray one's country

(big) store

to prostitute oneself
to sell oneself into slavery

to have a sale
sale

to sell wholesale

monopoly
exclusive right to trade

to sell at marked price
to sell by tender

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒麥／烧麦 (shāomài)

to sell cheaply
sacrifice
low price
discount sale

to auction
auction sale
to sell at a reduced price

to sing for a living

to do trade as a fortune teller

to sell
to reach (a price in an auction)

to sell meat
(slang) to sell sex

to engage in prostitution

to sell short (finance)

to peddle
to hawk (pirate goods)

human trafficking
to abduct and sell
to kidnap and sell

to sell
to peddle
to traffic

(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
takeout (business)
takeout (meal)

outward appearance
demeanor

(vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 媽賣屄／妈卖屄 (māmàibī))

vending machine

Mài Tàn Wēng

The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 ( Bái Jūyì)

food delivery person

hypermarket
large warehouse-like self-service retail store

to make a living doing manual labor
to give sth all one's got

kiosk
snack counter
retail department or section inside a larger business

to exert flirtatious allure
to entice coquettishly

to sell at a big discount

appealing; attractive (esp. to consumers)

auction
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

to be sold out
to be out of stock

hot-selling property

(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense
(in general) to keep people on tenterhooks

to buy and sell
to do business
to trade
to deal

to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)

butcher

to flaunt a skill
to give display to one's ability
to show off a feat
to vaunt one's tricks

to solicit a bribe
to accept a bribe

to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)

promotional event
sale

zhuānmàidiàn

specialty store

traitor

bazaar

auctioneer
auction house

to make a hard living as unskilled laborer

gōngmǎigōngmài

buying and selling at fair prices

xiànchǎoxiànmài

lit. to fry and sell on the spot
fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school

màiguózhǔyì

treason

tǎohǎomàiguāi

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

mǎiguānmàiguān

buying and selling of official positions

mǎikōngmàikōng

to speculate
to play the market
(fig.) to sell hot air
to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator

lüèmàihuágōng

Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism

Dúmài Xīnwén

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)

tóujīmǎimài

to engage in speculative trading

jiājūmàichǎng

furniture store
furniture mall

fànmàirénkǒu

trafficking in human beings

qiǎngmǎiqiǎngmài

to force sb to buy or sell
to trade using coercion

rèchǎorèmài

lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned
enthusiasm of the new convert

shēngchǎorèmài

to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)

sājiāomàiguāi

to behave ingratiatingly

to sell anything
to sell everything

zhuāngfēngmàishǎ

to play the fool (idiom)
to feign madness

záguōmàitiě

to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

dǎomǎidǎomài

to buy and sell at a profit
to speculate

Hélánshìpāimài

荷兰式拍卖

[荷蘭式拍賣]

Dutch auction
descending-price auction

yīchuízimǎimài

一锤子买卖

[一錘子買賣]

a one-off, short-sighted deal
a one-shot, all-out attempt

dépiányimàiguāi

得便宜卖乖

[得便宜賣乖]

to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise
to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited

qīngcāngdàshuǎimài

清仓大甩卖

[清倉大甩賣]

clearance sale
fire sale

xuányángtóumàigǒuròu

悬羊头卖狗肉

[懸羊頭賣狗肉]

see 掛羊頭賣狗肉／挂羊头卖狗肉 (guàyángtóumàigǒuròu)

guàyángtóumàigǒuròu

挂羊头卖狗肉

[掛羊頭賣狗肉]

lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
fig. to cheat
dishonest advertising
wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue

zǎimàiyétiánbùxīnténg

崽卖爷田不心疼

[崽賣爺田不心疼]

lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom)
fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it

Zhèngquàn Guìtái Mǎimài Zhōngxīn

证券柜台买卖中心

[證券櫃檯買賣中心]

GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)

húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào

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?

wángpómàiguā,zìmàizìkuā

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

[王婆賣瓜，自賣自誇]

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans

Lǎo Wángmàiguā,zìmàizìkuā

老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

[老王賣瓜，自賣自誇]

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
all one's geese are swans

dāngguānbùwèimínzuòzhǔbùrúhuíjiāmàihóngshǔ

当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

[當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯]

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes