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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 卖
[mài]
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1.
动
用实物换取货币；售出
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卖菜
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把车卖了
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拍卖。
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2.
动
用劳动、技艺等换取钱财
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卖苦力
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卖艺
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卖唱。
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3.
动
出卖国家、民族和他人利益以达到个人目的
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卖身投靠
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卖国投敌
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卖友求荣。
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4.
动
尽量使出来
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卖力气
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卖命。
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5.
动
故意显示自己；炫耀
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倚老卖老
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卖乖
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卖弄。
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量
旧时饭馆称所卖的一份菜叫一卖
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一卖熘里脊。
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上边是"十"，不是"士"或"土"。
Examples
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那姑娘摆过茶摊，卖过大碗茶。
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That girl once set up a roadside stall and sold big bowls of tea to passersby.
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他总是一边卖东西一边和顾客搭讪。
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While doing business, he would strike up a conversation with his customers.
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不能拿次货顶好货卖。
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You shouldn't pass inferior goods off as high-quality goods and sell them.
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你可以把这东西当废品卖。
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You could sell it for scrap.
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咱们今天下午到城里逛去，看商店有什么东西卖。
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Let's just roam around the town this afternoon, looking in the shop windows.
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他的葫芦里到底卖的是什么药？
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What has he got up his sleeve?
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因为质量不好，所以产品积压，卖不出去。
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The goods have been piling up in stock and can't be sold because of poor quality.
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票不到一个钟头就卖得精光。
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All the tickets sold out in an hour.
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鸡蛋论斤卖。
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Eggs are sold by the jin.
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nciku Note
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售, 出售 and 卖
shòu, chūshòu and mài
The three words all mean “to sell”, 卖 is the most colloquial, and the other two are more literary. Since 出售 is disyllabic, its syllabic collocation is different. In the following colloquial sentences, 卖 is used.
(1) 那里卖的东西又便宜又好。
(2) 这件衣服现在卖多少钱？
卖 can be used in an abstract meaning.
(3) 他是卖苦力的，靠力气吃饭。
(4) 我是不会卖友求荣的。
售 is literary.
(5) 本店存书不多，售（卖）完为止。
(6) 我们去售票处买票吧。
出售 is even more literary and mostly applied to big batches of merchandise. It is usually in collocation with disyllabic words.
(7) 本店商品，一律降价出售。
(8) 这个国家以在国际上出售矿石著称。
In addition, 卖 can also mean “not to spare”. The other two words have no such usage.
(9) 他干活很卖力。
这三个动词都表示在交易中用物换取钱。“卖”最口语化，“出售”和“售”则较书面化。“出售”是双音节词，因此在音节搭配上也有特殊性。以下口语的与子中，一般用“卖”。
“卖”也可以用于抽象意义。
“售”较书面化。
“出售”更为书面化，多用于大宗商品，在音节上多与双音节词搭配。
另外，“卖”还可以表示不吝惜等，其他两个词没有这种用法。
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