mài in a sentence

Sell (show)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 5 sentences

卖 (mài) means Sell (show). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这家商店 水果。

Zhè jiā shāngdiàn mài shuǐguǒ.

This shop sells fruit.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

那本书已经 完了。

Nà běn shū yǐjing mài wán le.

That book is already sold out.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

我很不好意思地给 家发了消息。

wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de gěi mài jiā fā le / liǎo / liào xiāoxi.

I messaged the seller, rather embarrassed.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

后来我看见一个老人在路口 红薯。

hòulái wǒ kànjiàn yīgè lǎorén zài lù kǒu mài hóngshǔ.

Then I saw an old man selling sweet potatoes on the corner.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

From the travel phrasebook

这个 完了。

Zhège mài wán le.

That one's sold out.

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

Questions about 卖

How is 卖 used in a sentence?

This page shows 5 sentences using 卖 (mài, "Sell (show)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 卖 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 卖 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 卖 an HSK word?

Yes — 卖 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 卖?

The dictionary page for 卖 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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