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卖

mài

to sell

A seller offering fruit
Memory picture

Character

卖 mài

Strokes
8
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
十 ten, tenth 买 to buy, to purchase
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他卖水果。 Tā mài shuǐguǒ. He sells fruit.
  • 这里卖书。 Zhèlǐ mài shū. They sell books here.
  • 她卖衣服。 Tā mài yīfu. She sells clothes.

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