卖 (mài): meaning and stroke order
卖 (mài) means to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt.
卖
- Simplified
- 卖
- Traditional
- 賣
- Pinyin
- mài
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Stroke order of 卖
卖
- mài to sell; to betray
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 賣
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Meaning of 卖
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mài
Traditional 賣
- to sell
- to betray
- to spare no effort
- to show off or flaunt
Radical and structure
- 卖
- Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 8 strokes · 十 on top, 买 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
卖 in our stories
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回家的路上，刘阳看见卖西瓜的，一句话也没说。
huí jiā de lù shàng Liú Yáng kànjiàn mài xīguā de yí jù huà yě méi shuō
On the way home Liu Yang sees the watermelon seller and doesn't say a word.
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
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亭子里有一位卖茶的老人，他给每个人倒了一杯热茶。
tíngzi lǐ yǒu yí wèi mài chá de lǎorén tā gěi měi gè rén dào le yì bēi rè chá
An old man sold tea in the pavilion, and he poured each of them a cup of hot tea.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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现在，他每天早上五点起床，在地铁站口卖煎饼。
xiànzài tā měitiān zǎoshang wǔ diǎn qǐchuáng zài dìtiězhàn kǒu mài jiānbing
Now he gets up at five every morning and sells jianbing pancakes outside a metro station.
From the story A second chance HSK 5
Stories using 卖
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- A second chance HSK 5
- The dry floor HSK 6
- Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).