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mài = m + ai4
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
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How to pronounce 卖

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

卖 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
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shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
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suffix for nouns
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Characters with 卖 as component

= du + Ø2
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
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dòu = d + ou4
comma / phrase marked by pause
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= du + Ø2
to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
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Words with 卖

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to offer for sale / to sell / to sell out or betray
buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price

Sentences with 卖

卖 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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mài

to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

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