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mài

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mài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mài | mai4
English translation
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt
to sell; to betray; to show off

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About mài

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

mài

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

buy

Etymology of mài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

十买

Semantic compound

mǎi

Phonetic compound

mǎi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chū represents the meaning and mǎi represents the sound. Simplified form of mài .

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Example sentences using mài

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

děng 一等 yī děng , Bié cuī , de 买卖 mǎi mài páo le .

Wait, don't rush me, my business won't run away.

许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

这些 zhè xiē 鞋子 xié zi 零卖10 Yuán Shuāng .

These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.

mài 水果 shuǐguǒ de 小贩 xiǎo fàn tuī zhāo de 车子 chē zi zài 街上 jiē shang 艰难 jiānnán de zǒu zhāo .

The fruIt'seller trundled his cart along the street.

Words with mài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mài to sell mài
买卖 mǎi mài business買賣
拍卖 pāi mài to auction拍賣
出卖 chūmài to sell出賣
卖出 mài chū to sell賣出
贩卖 fànmài to sell販賣
拍卖会 pāi mài huì auction拍賣會
卖淫 mài yín prostitution賣淫
专卖店 zhuān mài diàn specialty store專賣店
卖力 mài lì to really put out energy for賣力
专卖 zhuān mài monopoly專賣
卖命 mài mìng to throw one's life in for賣命
倒卖 dǎo mài to speculate倒賣
外卖 wài mài to go外賣
卖弄 mài nong to show off賣弄
卖方 mài fāng seller (in contracts)賣方
义卖 yì mài charity bazaar義賣
叫卖 jiào mài to peddle叫賣
变卖 biàn mài to sell off (one's property)變賣
小卖部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk小賣部
售卖 shòu mài to sell售賣
卖身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself賣身
甩卖 shuǎi mài to sell off cheap甩賣
拐卖 guǎi mài human trafficking拐賣
卖国 mài guó treason賣國

mài Decomposition & Compounds

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mài Decomposition

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mài Compounds

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