Chinese symbol for “hawking”
摆卖
bǎi mài
Traditional: 擺賣
hawking; street vending
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hawking is 摆卖 (bǎi mài), defined as: hawking; street vending.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 摆卖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摆脱 (擺脫) | bǎi tuō | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc) |
| 摇摆 (搖擺) | yáo bǎi | to sway; to wobble |
| 摆放 (擺放) | bǎi fàng | to set up; to arrange; to lay out |
| 摆布 (擺布) | bǎi bù | to arrange; to order about |
| 摆设 (擺設) | bǎi shè | to set out; to display |
| 买卖 (買賣) | mǎi mài | to buy and sell |
| 出卖 (出賣) | chū mài | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray |
| 拍卖 (拍賣) | pāi mài | to auction; auction sale |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hawking”.
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.