VocabularyHSK 3 · core

卖

mài

to sell

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

賣sell

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Numbers7 strokes · 4.8s

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Examples

我们卖蔬菜。
We sell vegetables.
这本书卖完了。
This book is sold out.

Collocations

卖东西卖出卖完

Mnemonic

卖 mài "to sell" — minimally distinguished from 买 mǎi "to buy": 卖 has 十 on top. Tones differ too (3rd vs 4th). Traditional 賣. Japanese 売る uru uses simplified 売.

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Visual difference 买 vs 卖?