| 拍卖 | pāi mài | to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price |   |
| 招投标 | zhāo tóu biāo | bid inviting and bid offering / bidding / auction | |
| 拍卖会 | pāi mài huì | auction / CL:場|场[chang3] | |
| 竞拍 | jìng pāi | to bid (at an auction) / auction | |
| 拍出 | pāi chū | to sell at auction / to reach a given price at auction | |
| 成交价 | chéng jiāo jià | sale price / negotiated price / price reached at auction | |
| 投拍 | tóu pāi | to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction | |
| 拍卖商 | pāi mài shāng | auctioneer / auction house | |
| 土拍 | tǔ pāi | land auction / to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣|土地拍卖[tu3di4 pai1mai4]) | |
| 荷兰式拍卖 | Hé lán shì pāi mài | Dutch auction / descending-price auction | |
| 苏富比 | Sū fù bǐ | Sotheby's auction house | |
| 权利拍卖 | | auction of rights | |
| 法拍 | fǎ pāi | judicial auction / to sell by judicial auction | |
| 流拍 | liú pāi | (of an item) to fail to sell at an auction | |
