贩
卖

To sell in Chinese: 贩卖 (fàn mài)

fàn mài

to sell

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 販賣1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sell
  2. 2to peddle
  3. 3to traffic

Stroke order

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贩
卖

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ㄈㄢˋ

fàn

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄞˋ

mài

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

贩卖

Simplified

販賣

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 警方抓住了几个贩卖假货的人。

    jǐng fāng zhuā zhù le jǐ gè fàn mài jiǎ huò de rén。

    The police caught several people selling fake goods.

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Related words

卖

mài

to sell

外卖

wài mài

(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal

买卖

mǎi mài

buying and selling

出卖

chū mài

to offer for sale

倒卖

dǎo mài

to resell at a profit

卖弄

mài nong

to show off

拍卖

pāi mài

to auction

商贩

shāng fàn

trader

小贩

xiǎo fàn

peddler

专卖店

zhuān mài diàn

specialty store

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