"卖" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin mài
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 mài to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
Results beginning with 卖
 mài jiā seller
 mài chū to sell / to reach (a price in an auction)
 mài chǎng market / store / mall (usually specializing in a particular product category such as furniture)
 mài diǎn selling point
 mài diào to sell off / to get rid of in a sale
 mài yín prostitution / to prostitute oneself
 mài fāng seller (in contracts)
 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand
 mài nong to show off / to make a display of
 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery
 mài mìng to throw one's life in for / to haplessly give one's life for / to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group / to pour in one's utmost effort / to shed one's last ounce of strength for
 mài zuò (of a movie, show etc) to attract large audiences
 mài wán to be sold out
 mài jià selling price
 mài zhǔ seller
 mài guó to betray one's country
 mài xiào to work as a good-time girl / to prostitute oneself
 mài kōng to sell short (finance)
 mài chūn to engage in prostitution
 mài bǔ to do trade as a fortune teller
 mài guāi to show off one's cleverness / (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by
 mài méng (slang) to act cute
 mài qián to make money by selling sth
 mài ròu butcher / meat merchant
 mài shǎ to play stupid / to act like an idiot
 mài xiàng outward appearance / demeanor
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 mài guān zi to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling) / to keep people on tenterhooks
 mài guó zéi traitor
 mài lì qi to make a living doing manual labor / to give sth all one's got
 Mài Tàn Wēng The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
 mài běn shì to flaunt a skill / to give display to one's ability / to show off a feat / to vaunt one's tricks
 mài fēng liú to exert flirtatious allure / to entice coquettishly
 mài guāng le to be sold out / to be out of stock
 mài guān jié to solicit a bribe / to accept a bribe
 mài kǔ lì to make a hard living as unskilled laborer
 mài miàn zi to show deference to sb by obliging them (or by obliging sb associated with them)
 mài pò zhàn to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat etc)
 mài ròu zhě butcher
 mài fāng shì chǎng seller's market
 mài guó zhǔ yì treason
Approximate Results for 卖
 mǎi mài buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
 pāi mài to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price
 zhuān mài monopoly / exclusive right to trade
 chū mài to offer for sale / to sell / to sell out or betray
 rè mài to sell strongly / to be in great demand
 fàn mài to sell / to peddle / to traffic
 jiào mài to hawk (one's wares) / to peddle
 tè mài to have a sale / sale
 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
 biàn mài to sell off (one's property)
 dǎo mài to resell at a profit / to speculate
 yì mài jumble sale (for good cause) / charity bazaar
 shòu mài to sell
 shuǎi mài to mark down (the price of goods) / to sell off cheap
 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale
 guǎi mài human trafficking / to abduct and sell / to kidnap and sell
 zhuǎn mài to resell
 shāo mài shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4]
 dào mài to steal sth and sell it
 jì mài to consign for sale
 bǎi mài hawking / street vending
 biāo mài to sell at marked price / to sell by tender
 chāo mài to overbook (e.g. airline seats) / to oversell
 dǎo mài to resell at a profit
 dōu mài to peddle / to hawk (pirate goods)
 dǔn mài to sell wholesale
 lu:è mài to press-gang sb and sell into slavery
 pàn mài to betray
 sī mài to sell illicitly / to bootleg / to sell privately
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 zhuān mài diàn specialty store
 pāi mài huì auction / CL:場|场[chang3]
 dà mài chǎng hypermarket / large warehouse-like self-service retail store
  auctioneering firm
 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business
 zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal
 tè mài huì promotional event / sale
  post exchange element / post exchange / PX element (US) / commissary / army exchange
  nontradables
 dà jiàn mài to sell at a big discount
 fàn mài jī vending machine
 kě mài pǐn tradables
 mā mài pī (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 媽賣屄|妈卖屄[ma1 mai4 bi1])
 pāi mài shāng auctioneer / auction house
 rè mài pǐn hot-selling property
 yì mài huì bazaar
 yǒu mài xiàng appealing / attractive (esp. to consumers)
 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ to play the fool (idiom) / to feign madness
 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
 mǎi kōng mài kōng to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
 chū mài líng hún to sell one's soul
 gōng mǎi gōng mài buying and selling at fair prices
  auction of rights
  bid-offer spread
  drug dealing
  trafficking in women
  proprietary drugs
 Dú mài Xīn wén Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
 fàn mài ér tóng child trafficking
 fàn mài nú lì slave trade
 fàn mài rén kǒu trafficking in human beings
 jiā jū mài chǎng furniture store / furniture mall
 jūn huǒ mǎi mài trade in arms
 lǒng duàn fàn mài monopoly
 lu:è mài huá gōng Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
 mǎi guān mài guān buying and selling of official positions
 péi bàn mài yín escort prostitution
 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion
 qiǎng pò mài yín forced prostitution / enforced prostitution
 rè chǎo rè mài lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked / fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert
 sā jiāo mài guāi to behave ingratiatingly
 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)
 tǎo hǎo mài guāi to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
 tóu jī mǎi mài buying and selling on speculation
 wú suǒ bù mài to sell anything / to sell everything
 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
 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt
便 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
 Hé lán shì pāi mài Dutch auction / descending-price auction
 kě mài xǔ kě zhèng marketable permit
 qīng cāng dà shuǎi mài clearance sale / fire sale
 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
 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]
  white slavery
 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
  Travel and Vendor Claims Unit
  auctionable emission rights
 Zhèng quàn Guì tái Mǎi mài Zhōng xīn GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
 hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
 lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
 wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
  International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic
  International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic
  Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age
 mǎi mài zhǐ lìng zì dòng shū rù xì tǒng Direct Order Turnaround system
  International Conference on the Sex Trade and Human Rights
  Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods
  International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age
  Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs
  International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
  Tourism and Child Prostitution Watch Task Force
  International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors
 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
  Conference on Theft of and Illicit Trafficking in Motor Vehicles
西  specialized meeting on child trafficking in West and Central Africa
  Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
  European conference on trafficking in women for sexual exploitation
 fēi fǎ fàn mài wén huà cái chǎn wèn tí qū yù jiǎng xí bān Regional Workshop on Illicit Traffic of Cultural Properties
  End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism
西  multilateral cooperation agreement on combating child trafficking in West Africa
  Joint Statement on Cooperation on Strategic Stability
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