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Chinese symbol for “bootleg”

私卖
sī mài
Traditional: 私賣
to sell illicitly; to bootleg; to sell privately

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bootleg is 私卖 (sī mài), defined as: to sell illicitly; to bootleg; to sell privately.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

私 sī
personal, private, secret; selfish
radical 115 ⽲ · 7 strokes
卖 mài
to sell; to betray; to show off
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bootleg”

WordPinyinMeaning
盗录 (盜錄)dào lùto pirate (an audio recording, movie etc); to bootleg

Related words

Other words that share a character with 私卖.

WordPinyinMeaning
私人sī rénprivate; personal
隐私 (隱私)yǐn sīsecrets; private business
走私zǒu sīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
自私zì sīselfish; selfishness
私下sī xiàin private
私营 (私營)sī yíngprivately-owned; private
买卖 (買賣)mǎi màito buy and sell
出卖 (出賣)chū màito offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray

See also: Japanese symbol for “bootleg”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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