贱卖

賤賣

jiànmài

verb #33,559

Meanings

1 to sell cheap
2 to sell at a sacrifice price
3 to dump (goods)
4 to sell off below value

Characters

cheap, low-priced

Examples

HSK 3

店家关门了，把所有商品贱卖。

Diànjiā guānmén le, bǎ suǒyǒu shāngpǐn jiànmài.

The shop is closing down and selling everything off cheap.

HSK 3

他急用钱，只好把车贱卖了。

Tā jíyòng qián, zhǐhǎo bǎ chē jiànmài le.

He needed cash urgently and had no choice but to sell the car at a sacrifice.

Tips

register

贱 here means 'cheap/low-priced' (its original positive sense), not the modern insult ('lowly, contemptible'). The verb implies selling under value out of necessity - closing down, raising emergency cash - not just running a sale. For a regular 'discount sale' use 打折 (dǎzhé) or 减价 (jiǎnjià).

Stroke Order

贱 jiàn

卖 mài