拼音
- mài (fourth tone, falling)
to sell; to be on sale; to give one’s all to something
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿱十买The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 十shape partno entry yetWhat is left of 出 "to put out", which stood above 買 in the traditional 賣.
- 买meaning partTo buy. What is sold is what was bought and is now put out again.
Mnemonic
The Shuowen reads 賣 as 出 over 買: what was bought, put out again. Simplification kept 买 and shaved 出 down to the two strokes on top, so 卖 is 买 with a hat. Say it with a falling fourth tone and keep the third tone for buying — 我买, 他卖. 卖完了 means sold out.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
含“卖”的词
- 卖賣mài (fourth tone, falling)用东西换钱
- 买卖買賣mǎi (third tone, dipping) mài (fourth tone, falling)buying and selling
- 拍卖拍賣pāi (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling)to auction
- 出卖出賣chū (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling)to offer for sale
- 贩卖販賣fàn (fourth tone, falling) mài (fourth tone, falling)to sell
- 专卖店專賣店zhuān (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling) diàn (fourth tone, falling)specialty store
- 外卖外賣wài (fourth tone, falling) mài (fourth tone, falling)(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
- 倒卖倒賣dǎo (third tone, dipping) mài (fourth tone, falling)to resell at a profit
- 卖弄賣弄mài (fourth tone, falling) nong (neutral tone)to show off