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8 strokes15 strokes
Character #431 · The First 1000

mài

sell

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

Strokes
815
TraditionalSimplified
賣 卖
Poster cell
K16
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • wàimài takeout (business)
  • mǎimài buying and selling
  • pāimài to auction
  • chūmài to offer for sale
  • fànmài to sell
  • màinong to show off
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 卖賣

Write 卖賣 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, mài, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell K16 · 28 × 36 grid

卖賣 is #431 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 卖 mean in English?
卖 (mài) means "sell": to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt.
How do you pronounce 卖?
卖 is pronounced mài in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄇㄞˋ.
How many strokes does 卖 have?
The simplified form, 卖, has 8 strokes. The traditional form, 賣, has 15.
What is the traditional form of 卖?
The traditional form of 卖 is 賣. 卖 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 賣 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 卖?
Common words that use 卖 include 外卖 (wàimài, takeout (business)), 买卖 (mǎimài, buying and selling), 拍卖 (pāimài, to auction), 出卖 (chūmài, to offer for sale).
How common is 卖?
卖 is number 431 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell K16 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.