闲鱼

閒魚

xiányú

popculture

Meanings

1 Xianyu (Alibaba's used-goods marketplace app)

Characters

Examples

我在闲鱼上卖了一个二手iPad。

Wǒ zài Xiányú shàng màile yí ge èrshǒu iPad.

I sold a used iPad on Xianyu.

闲鱼上杀价杀得厉害。

Xiányú shàng shājià shā de lìhai.

People haggle hard on Xianyu.

这个东西闲鱼上搜一下，肯定有人卖。

Zhège dōngxi Xiányú shàng sōu yíxià, kěndìng yǒu rén mài.

Search this on Xianyu — someone's definitely selling one.

Tips

culture

The name 闲鱼 ("idle fish") is a pun on 咸鱼 (salted fish = lazy good-for-nothing). Operated by Alibaba as the C2C sibling of Taobao. China's dominant secondhand marketplace.

Stroke Order

闲 xián

鱼 yú