卖
mài HSK2

sell

卖 (賣) mài
sell verb
to exchange goods or services for money

他在街上卖苹果。

tā zài jiē shàng mài píng​guǒ.

He sells apples on the street.

betray verb
to be disloyal to a person, country, or cause

你竟然为了这点小利就把朋友卖了。

nǐ jìng​rán wèi le zhè diǎn xiǎo lì jiù bǎ péng​you mài le.

You actually sold out your friend for such a small gain.

spare no effort verb
to exert oneself to the utmost

为了通过考试，他工作起来特别卖力气。

wèi​le tōng​guò kǎo​shì, tā gōng​zuò qi​lai tè​bié mài lì​qi.

To pass the exam, he worked extra hard.

show off verb
to display one's abilities or appearance to attract attention or admiration

你别在那儿卖乖了，快去干正事。

nǐ bié zài nà​r mài guāi le, kuài qù gàn zhèng​shì.

Stop showing off there and get to work.

Frequency
Character
Written text
974th most common 169.0 per million
Movie subtitles
606th most common 234.7 per million appears in 57% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
222.8 per million appears in 46% of films
Written text
169.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
賣
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5356

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)