卖 (mài) means Sell (show). Below are 14 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
那本书已经 卖 完了。
Nà běn shū yǐjing mài wán le.
That book is already sold out.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 卖
这家店 卖 数码产品。
Zhè jiā diàn mài shùmǎ chǎnpǐn.
This shop sells digital products.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 数码
这次买 卖 我们吃亏了。
Zhè cì mǎimai wǒmen chīkuī le.
We lost out on this deal.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吃亏
楼下的超市 卖 日用品。
Lóuxià de chāoshì mài rìyòngpǐn.
The supermarket downstairs sells daily necessities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日用品
出 卖 秘密是不可原谅的。
Chūmài mìmì shì bù kě yuánliàng de.
Selling out a secret is unforgivable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 出卖
贩 卖 假药是严重的犯罪。
Fànmài jiǎ yào shì yánzhòng de fànzuì.
Selling counterfeit medicine is a serious crime.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贩卖
这是一家专门 卖 茶的商店。
Zhè shì yì jiā zhuānmén mài chá de shāngdiàn.
This is a shop that sells nothing but tea.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 专门
他在市场上贩 卖 水果为生。
Tā zài shìchǎng shang fànmài shuǐguǒ wéi shēng.
He makes a living selling fruit at the market.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贩卖
他为了钱出 卖 了自己的朋友。
Tā wèile qián chūmài le zìjǐ de péngyou.
He betrayed his own friend for money.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 出卖
他们和外人勾结，出 卖 了公司。
Tāmen hé wàirén gōujié, chūmài le gōngsī.
They colluded with outsiders and sold out the company.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勾结
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From the graded readers
我很不好意思地给 卖 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 卖 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
Words that contain 卖
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 卖
How is 卖 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 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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