| mài | to sell |
| 卖 | to sell to betray to spare no effort |
| 卖不动 | sell well; be unsalable |
| 卖主 | seller |
| 卖乖 | show off cleverness |
| 卖人情 | do |
| 卖价 | sale price; selling price; selling rate; asked quotation; offer price; seller's rate of exchange; asking price; asked price; offer rate |
| 卖俏 | coquette; flirt |
| 卖傻 | to play stupid to act like an idiot |
| 卖儿鬻女 | sell one's children |
| 卖光了 | to be sold out to be out of stock |
| 卖关子 | do something reluctantly keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling) keep people on tenterhooks |
| 卖关节 | take bribes and do favours |
| 卖出 | to sell to reach (a price in an auction) |
| 卖力 | really put out energy for |
| 卖力气 | do one's very best |
| 卖功 | boast of one's merits |
| 卖劲 | stint no effort |
| 卖劲儿 | exert all one's strength; spare no effort |
| 卖单 | sell bill |
| 卖卜 | to do trade as a fortune teller |