贩卖 meaning in English

fànmài

to sell; to peddle

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 販賣16 strokes

Meaning of 贩卖

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fànmài
  1. to sell
  2. to peddle
  3. to traffic

贩卖 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

咖kā啡fēi自zì动dòng贩fàn卖mài机jī是shì坏huài的de。
Coffee vending machines are bad.
这zhè台tái自zì动dòng贩fàn卖mài机jī故gù障zhàng了le。
This vending machine isn't working.
你nǐ们men有yǒu贩fàn卖mài水shuǐ果guǒ吗ma ?
Do you sell fruit?
他tā们men在zài办bàn公gōng室shì安ān装zhuāng了le一yī台tái自zì动dòng贩fàn卖mài机jī。
They installed a vending machine at work.
她tā在zài演yǎn唱chàng会huì的de场chǎng地dì贩fàn卖mài毒dú品pǐn。
She's selling drugs at concerts.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

贩 fàn · merchant · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

卖 mài · to sell · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 贩卖.

外卖wàimài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)
买卖mǎimaito buy and sell
出卖chūmàito offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray
拍卖pāimàito auction; auction sale
小贩xiǎofànpeddler; hawker
卖弄màinongto show off; to make a display of
倒卖dǎomàito resell at a profit; to speculate
专卖店zhuānmàidiànspecialty store
商贩shāngfàntrader; peddler
卖掉màidiàoto sell off
毒贩dúfàndrug dealer; drug trafficker
贩毒fàndúto traffic narcotics; drugs trade

Questions about 贩卖

What does 贩卖 mean?

贩卖 (fànmài) means "to sell; to peddle" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 贩卖?

贩卖 is made of 2 characters: 贩 (8 strokes), 卖 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 贩卖 an HSK word?

Yes. 贩卖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 贩卖 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 贩卖 is written 販賣.