Meaning of 拍卖
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
pāimài
- to auction
- auction sale
- to sell at a reduced price
拍卖 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她没有准备烛光晚餐，而是把她的男友放到Ebay上拍卖。
Instead of preparing a dinner by candlelight, she put her boyfriend up for auction on eBay.
无人领取的物品被拍卖了。
The unclaimed items were auctioned off.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
拍 pāi · to pat · 8 strokes
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卖 mài · to sell · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 拍卖.
| 外卖 | wàimài | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business) |
| 拍照 | pāizhào | to take a picture |
| 拍摄 | pāishè | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 买卖 | mǎimai | to buy and sell |
| 球拍 | qiúpāi | (tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat |
| 出卖 | chūmài | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray |
| 贩卖 | fànmài | to sell; to peddle |
| 拍戏 | pāixì | to shoot a movie |
| 卖弄 | màinong | to show off; to make a display of |
| 倒卖 | dǎomài | to resell at a profit; to speculate |
| 专卖店 | zhuānmàidiàn | specialty store |
| 拍板 | pāibǎn | wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer) |
Questions about 拍卖
What does 拍卖 mean?
拍卖 (pāimài) means "to auction; auction sale" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 拍卖?
拍卖 is made of 2 characters: 拍 (8 strokes), 卖 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 拍卖 an HSK word?
Yes. 拍卖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 拍卖 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 拍卖 is written 拍賣.