賣

See also: 卖 and 売

Translingual

shinjitai	売
simplified	卖
traditional	賣

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 出 + 買

出 indicate the exporting side of the selling/buying deal. It was reduced to 士. Compare to 買 (to buy)

Han character

賣 (radical 154 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土田中金 (GWLC), four-corner 4080₆, composition ⿱士買)

Derived characters

• 讀, 續, 黷, 瀆, 犢, 藚, 櫝, 牘, 儥, 嬻, 匵, 𨽍, 韥, 韇, 鑟, 贕, 豄, 讟, 皾, 瓄, 殰, 凟

Descendants

• 売 卖

References

• KangXi: page 1209, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36825
• Dae Jaweon: page 1675, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3645, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8CE3

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Chinese

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trad.		賣
simp.		卖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mài (mai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mai
• Min Nan (POJ): māi / bē / bōe
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ma (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
    • IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶
    • Yale: maaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ma̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi / bē / bōe
    • Tâi-lô: māi / bē / buē
    • IPA (Taipei): /maɪ³³/, /be³³/, /bue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /maɪ²²/, /be²²/, /bue²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ma (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mᴀ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (賣, reconstructed)
Character (賣), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 莫懈切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɣɛH/	/maiH/	/mɛH/	/mɯæH/	/maɨjH/	/maiH/	/mæiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (賣, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
賣					8731					買					支					0					賣					/*mreːs/

Verb

賣

1. (Beginning Mandarin, transitive, intransitive) to sell

   他們在集市賣蔬菜和雞蛋。 [MSC, trad.]

   他们在集市卖蔬菜和鸡蛋。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen zài jíshì mài shūcài hé jīdàn. [Pinyin]

   They sell vegetables and eggs in the marketplace.

   這本書不賣。 [MSC, trad.]

   这本书不卖。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè běn shū bù mài. [Pinyin]

   This book is not for sale

2. to betray

   出賣 / 出卖  ―  chūmài  ―  to betray

   賣友求榮 / 卖友求荣  ―  màiyǒuqiúróng  ―  to betray someone to obtain promotion

3. to spare no effort, to do one's best
4. to show off

   賣弄 / 卖弄  ―  màinòng  ―  to show off

   賣功 / 卖功  ―  màigōng  ―  to show off one's merit

Compounds

Related terms

出賣 賣不出去 賣不動 賣唱 賣春 賣底 賣方 賣風流 賣狗皮膏藥 賣乖 賣關節 賣關子 賣官鬻爵 賣國 賣國賊 賣好, 賣好兒 賣價, 賣價兒 賣勁, 賣勁兒 賣老 賣力 賣力氣 賣命 賣弄 賣俏 賣人情 賣身 賣身投靠 賣相 賣笑 賣藝 賣淫 賣友 賣友求榮 賣主 賣嘴 賣座

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Japanese

Kanji

賣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ばい (bai), まい (mai)
• Kun: うる (uru)

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Korean

Hanja

賣 (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賣 (mại, mải, mợi)

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