賣 (maai6) — spare no effort; exert to the utmost in Cantonese
maaiˍ₆賣简 卖
Mandarin Pinyin: mai4
Meaning of 賣
nounspare no effort; exert to the utmost
nounbetray (one's country or friends)
nounshow off; parade; flaunt
nounsell | [antonym] 買
Example Sentences with 賣
提子係斷斤賣架
The grapes are sold according to their weight.
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.
mˎ₄唔goiˉ¹該，，請cingˊ²問manˍ₆有jauˏ₅冇mouˏ₅榴lauˎ₄槤linˎ₄賣maaiˍ₆呀？
Excuse me, do you sell durian?
係咪想賣保險嗰啲人呀？
Is it those people who want to sell insurance?
Words Containing 賣
非賣品fei1 maai6 ban2
not-for-sale item, free sample
賣淫maai6 jam4
harlot, harlotry, prostitution, streetwalking, whore, whoredom [also see] 嫖妓
掛羊頭賣狗肉gwaa3 joeng4 tau4 maai6 gau2 juk6
cry up wine and sell vinegar; sail under false colours
甩賣lat1 maai6
to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
賣點maai6 dim2
selling point
售賣sau6 maai6
to sell
賣關子maai6 gwaan1 zi2
keep sb guessing; keep listeners in suspense; stop a story at a climax; deliberately mystify sth at a crucial point (in the talk)
鬻兒賣女juk6 ji4 maai6 neoi5
sell one's children
賣豬仔maai6 zyu1 zai2
to sell someone into indentured servitude of hard labour (lit., "sell the little pig")
熱賣價jit6 maai6 gaa3
low-priced; cheap (lit., "hot selling price")
熱賣jit6 maai6
best-selling, a "hit"
賣藝maai6 ngai6
to make a living as a performer
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