卖
mài HSK2

sell

卖 賣 mài
to sell verb
To exchange goods for money; to be for sale; opposite of 买 mǎi

我们是在卖，不是在买。

wǒ​men shì zài mài, bù​shì zài mǎi.

We're selling, not buying.

to betray verb
To betray someone or something for personal gain; to sell out.

有人把我卖了。

yǒu rén bǎ wǒ mài le.

Somebody sold me out.

to make a living by verb
To earn a living by means of one's labor or skill (e.g. street performing or singing)

他是卖保险的。

tā shì mài bǎo​xiǎn de.

He sells insurance.

to show off verb
To flaunt one's abilities or assets; to parade or show off.
to exert
To spare no effort; to exert one's strength or life to the utmost.
serving
(Of food in a restaurant) a serving; a portion; an order
surname
A Chinese surname

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)