| 专卖店 | zhuān mài diàn | specialty store |  |
| 拍卖会 | pāi mài huì | auction / CL:場|场[chang3] | |
| 大卖场 | dà mài chǎng | hypermarket / large warehouse-like self-service retail store | |
| 拍卖行 | | auctioneering firm | |
| 小卖部 | xiǎo mài bù | kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business |  |
| 做买卖 | zuò mǎi mài | to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal | |
| 特卖会 | tè mài huì | promotional event / sale | |
| 军卖部 | | post exchange element / post exchange / PX element (US) / commissary / army exchange | |
| 非卖品 | | nontradables | |
| 大贱卖 | dà jiàn mài | to sell at a big discount | |
| 贩卖机 | fàn mài jī | vending machine | |
| 可卖品 | kě mài pǐn | tradables | |
| 妈卖批 | mā mài pī | (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 媽賣屄|妈卖屄[ma1 mai4 bi1]) | |
| 拍卖商 | pāi mài shāng | auctioneer / auction house | |
| 热卖品 | rè mài pǐn | hot-selling property | |
| 外卖员 | wài mài yuán | food delivery person | |
| 义卖会 | yì mài huì | bazaar | |
| 有卖相 | yǒu mài xiàng | appealing / attractive (esp. to consumers) | |
| 装疯卖傻 | zhuāng fēng mài shǎ | to play the fool (idiom) / to feign madness | |
| 砸锅卖铁 | zá guō mài tiě | to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) | |
| 倒买倒卖 | dǎo mǎi dǎo mài | to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate | |
| 买空卖空 | mǎi kōng mài kōng | to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator | |
| 出卖灵魂 | chū mài líng hún | to sell one's soul | |
| 公买公卖 | gōng mǎi gōng mài | buying and selling at fair prices | |
| 权利拍卖 | | auction of rights | |
| 买卖价差 | | bid-offer spread | |
| 毒品买卖 | | drug dealing | |
| 贩卖妇女 | | trafficking in women | |
| 专卖药品 | | proprietary drugs | |
| 读卖新闻 | Dú mài Xīn wén | Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper) | |
| 贩卖儿童 | fàn mài ér tóng | child trafficking | |
| 贩卖奴隶 | fàn mài nú lì | slave trade | |
| 贩卖人口 | fàn mài rén kǒu | trafficking in human beings | |
| 家居卖场 | jiā jū mài chǎng | furniture store / furniture mall | |
| 军火买卖 | jūn huǒ mǎi mài | trade in arms | |
| 垄断贩卖 | lǒng duàn fàn mài | monopoly | |
| 掠卖华工 | lu:è mài huá gōng | Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism | |
| 买官卖官 | mǎi guān mài guān | buying and selling of official positions | |
| 陪伴卖淫 | péi bàn mài yín | escort prostitution | |
| 强买强卖 | qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài | to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion | |
| 强迫卖淫 | qiǎng pò mài yín | forced prostitution / enforced prostitution | |
| 热炒热卖 | rè chǎo rè mài | lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked / fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert | |
| 撒娇卖乖 | sā jiāo mài guāi | to behave ingratiatingly | |
| 生炒热卖 | shēng chǎo rè mài | to sell while it's still hot (idiom) / fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product) | |
| 讨好卖乖 | tǎo hǎo mài guāi | to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom) | |
| 投机买卖 | tóu jī mǎi mài | to engage in speculative trading | |
| 无所不卖 | wú suǒ bù mài | to sell anything / to sell everything | |
| 现炒现卖 | xiàn chǎo xiàn mài | lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school | |
| 以老卖老 | yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo | variant of 倚老賣老|倚老卖老[yi3lao3-mai4lao3] | |
| 倚老卖老 | yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo | (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority / to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others | |
| 一锤子买卖 | yī chuí zi mǎi mài | a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt | |
| 得便宜卖乖 | dé pián yi mài guāi | to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise / to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited | |
| 荷兰式拍卖 | Hé lán shì pāi mài | Dutch auction / descending-price auction | |
| 可卖许可证 | kě mài xǔ kě zhèng | marketable permit | |
| 清仓大甩卖 | qīng cāng dà shuǎi mài | clearance sale / fire sale | |
| 挂羊头卖狗肉 | guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue | |
| 悬羊头卖狗肉 | xuán yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu | see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4] | |
| 拐骗妇女卖淫业 | | white slavery | |
| 崽卖爷田不心疼 | zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng | lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it | |
| 旅行和卖方报销股 | | Travel and Vendor Claims Unit | |
| 可拍卖的排放权利 | | auctionable emission rights | |
| 证券柜台买卖中心 | Zhèng quàn Guì tái Mǎi mài Zhōng xīn | GreTai Securities Market (GTSM) | |
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? | |
| 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸 | lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
| 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸 | wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
| 禁止贩卖白奴国际公约 | | International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic | |
| 禁止贩卖白奴国际协定 | | International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic | |
| 禁止贩卖成年妇女公约 | | Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age | |
| 买卖指令自动输入系统 | mǎi mài zhǐ lìng zì dòng shū rù xì tǒng | Direct Order Turnaround system | |
| 国际卖淫和人权问题会议 | | International Conference on the Sex Trade and Human Rights | |
| 国际货物买卖统一法公约 | | Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods | |
| 禁止贩卖成年妇女国际公约 | | International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age | |
| 取缔非法贩卖危险药品公约 | | Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs | |
| 禁止贩卖妇女和儿童国际公约 | | International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children | |
| 旅游业与儿童卖淫监视工作队 | | Tourism and Child Prostitution Watch Task Force | |
| 贩卖黑奴及其废除的国际纪念日 | | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | |
| 美洲国际贩卖未成年人问题公约 | | Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors | |
| 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 | dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ | if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes | |
| 偷窃和非法贩卖机动车辆问题会议 | | Conference on Theft of and Illicit Trafficking in Motor Vehicles | |
| 西非和中非贩卖儿童问题专门会议 | | specialized meeting on child trafficking in West and Central Africa | |
| 国际货物买卖合同成立统一法公约 | | Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods | |
| 欧洲贩卖妇女以图性剥削问题会议 | | European conference on trafficking in women for sexual exploitation | |
| 非法贩卖文化财产问题区域讲习班 | fēi fǎ fàn mài wén huà cái chǎn wèn tí qū yù jiǎng xí bān | Regional Workshop on Illicit Traffic of Cultural Properties | |
| 根除亚洲旅游业中儿童卖淫行为组织 | | End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism | |
| 西非打击贩卖儿童活动多边合作协定 | | multilateral cooperation agreement on combating child trafficking in West Africa | |
| 关于在战略稳定贩卖进行合作的联合声明 | | Joint Statement on Cooperation on Strategic Stability | |
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