Chinese symbol for “sell”
卖
mài
Traditional: 賣
to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sell is 卖 (mài), defined as: to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sell”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销售 (銷售) | xiāo shòu | to sell; to market |
| 出售 | chū shòu | to sell; to offer for sale |
| 贩卖 (販賣) | fàn mài | to sell; to peddle |
| 发售 (發售) | fā shòu | to sell |
| 行销 (行銷) | xíng xiāo | to sell; to market; marketing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 贩卖 (販賣) | fàn mài | to sell; to peddle |
| 卖掉 (賣掉) | mài diào | to sell off |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sell”.
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.