贸
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mào · commerce, trade

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9Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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贝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 贸

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Example sentences

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Zhè liǎng gè guó jiā yǒu qiáng dà de mào yì guān xì.这两个国家有强大的贸易关系。

The two nations have strong trade ties.

Source: Tatoeba #2581548 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuì jìn duì wài mào yì huó dòng jiǎn shǎo le.最近对外贸易活动减少了。

The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.

Source: Tatoeba #819710 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qǐng wèn nǐ men jǐ wèi shì měi guó mào yì dài biǎo tuán de ma?请问你们几位是美国贸易代表团的吗?

Are some of you from the US trade delegation?

Source: Tatoeba #420534 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rì běn hé hǎo jǐ gè hǎi wài guó jiā zuò mào yì.日本和好几个海外国家做贸易。

Japan trades with several foreign countries.

Source: Tatoeba #512435 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ fù qīn jīng yíng wài mào duō nián.我父亲经营外贸多年。

My father has been engaged in foreign trade for many years.

Source: Tatoeba #1366059 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 贸 in context

  1. Say mào, then recall the core meaning: commerce, trade.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 经贸 (jīng mào), meaning “economy and trade”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 贸 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.