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Information of 卖
Pinyin
mài
Radical
十
Strokes
8 strokes
Usage
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Definition
to sell
卖
賣 mài
动词
【本义】: 以货物换钱。与“买”相对
Meaning 1: To exchange goods for money; the opposite of "buy."
【造字法】: 会意。小篆字形。从出，从买。将收进的财物卖出。
Character formation: A combination of characters. It depicts the action of selling goods that have been received.
同本义 ([En.] sell)
Meaning 2: To betray; harming others for one’s own benefit.
背地里害人以利己;背叛 ([En.] betray)
Example: 卖友求荣 (selling out friends for personal gain)
炫耀 ([En.] show off)
Example: 卖才 (showing off one’s talent)
尽量使出来 ([En.] exert all one’s; do not spare)
Example: 卖力气 (to exert effort)
给予 ([En.] give)
Example: 卖人情 (to give someone a favor)
方言: 耍，扮 ([En.] play)
Example: 卖解 (a type of performance by street entertainers)
量词
旧时酒馆中称一整份菜为一卖 (【英】：a dish)
Meaning: In old taverns, a complete serving of a dish was called "a sell."
Example: 《儒林外史》：景兰江叫了一卖一钱二分银子的杂烩。
(Translation: Jinglanjiang ordered a mixed dish costing one cash and two fen.)
seek after glory by selling out one's own country / betray one's country in order to get a high position / betray one's country to obtain a promotion / seek power and wealth by betraying one's country / turn traitor for personal gain
sell offices and barter ranks / raise money by selling official titles / sell official posts for a consideration / sell ranks and titles