卖
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mài · to sell

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8Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 卖

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màiWords pronounced mài
maiWords pronounced mai
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Example sentences

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Tā yì zhí zài zuò mǎi mài.他一直在做买卖。

He's always trading.

Source: Tatoeba #420052 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā chū mài le wǒ.他出卖了我。

He sold me down the river.

Source: Tatoeba #332784 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuì jìn de dà mài chǎng zài nǎ lǐ?最近的大卖场在哪里?

Where's the nearest shopping mall?

Source: Tatoeba #493504 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ běn bù gāi bǎ rén mài le de.你本不该把人卖了的。

You shouldn't have sold this to someone.

Source: Tatoeba #805011 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù gāi bǎ wǒ de fángzi mài le de.我不该把我的房子卖了的。

I shouldn't have sold my house.

Source: Tatoeba #8715882 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bǎ wǒ suǒ yǒu de fángzi dōu mài le.我把我所有的房子都卖了。

I sold all my houses.

Source: Tatoeba #11698272 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 卖 in context

  1. Say mài, then recall the core meaning: to sell.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 买卖 (mǎi mai), meaning “purchase and sale”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 卖 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.