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

店家关门了，把所有商品贱卖。

Diàn jiā guānmén le, bǎ suǒyǒu shāngpǐn jiànmài.

The shop is closing down and selling everything off cheap.

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