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贩卖

fànmài

to sell; to traffic in

HSK 7 · Topic “Markets and investment”
A street vendor with an orange cart hands one to a customer
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Characters in this word

贩 fàn

Strokes
8
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
贝 sea shell 反 reverse, opposite
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 贩

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

  • 他们表面经营普通商店，暗地里却贩卖走私药品。 Tāmen biǎomiàn jīngyíng pǔtōng shāngdiàn, àndìli què fànmài zǒusī yàopǐn. On the surface they ran an ordinary shop, but secretly they trafficked in smuggled medicine.
  • 街边有人贩卖水果，价格比超市便宜很多。 Jiē biān yǒu rén fànmài shuǐguǒ, jiàgé bǐ chāoshì piányi hěn duō. Someone by the street is selling fruit much cheaper than the supermarket.
  • 他年轻时走街串巷，靠贩卖小商品养活一家人。 Tā niánqīng shí zǒu jiē chuàn xiàng, kào fànmài xiǎo shāngpǐn yǎnghuo yì jiārén. In his youth he went from street to street and fed his family by peddling small goods.

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