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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 賣

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

賣 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
shì = sh + Ø4
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
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mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
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Characters with 賣 as component

= du + Ø2
to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
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dòu = d + ou4
comma / phrase marked by pause
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= xu + Ø4
to continue / to replenish
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Words with 賣

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to resell at a profit / to speculate
to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt

Sentences with 賣

賣 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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