Chinese word dictionary

叫卖

jiào mài · to hawk (one's wares); to peddle

Practice word

Word information

Simplified叫卖

Traditional叫賣

Pinyinjiào mài

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

叫jiào

cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

卖mài

to sell; to betray; to show off

How to learn 叫卖

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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叫jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]

卖mài

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

外卖wàimài

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

叫作jiàozuò

to call; to be called

买卖mǎimai

purchase and sale; transaction; shop; store

出卖chūmài

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