SELL   

GIVE something to someone EXCHANGING it for MONEY.
PUT UP FOR SALEOFFER FOR SALEPUT ON SALEDISPOSE OFVENDAUCTION (OFF)TRADEBARTER.GET SOLDSELL OFF
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻 "trade in", as well as shòu 售 "get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy"). 2. Gū 沽 refers to the selling of mobile goods, and the word often refers specifically to the selling of wine. 3. Tiào 糶 (ant. dí 糴 "buy rice abroad") refers specifically to selling rice abroad. 4. Huò 貨 (ant. huò 貨 "buy wholesale"!!!) refers to selling any moveable goods on a large scale or wholesale. 5. Gū 酤 refers specifically to the selling (or buying!) of wine.
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 TRADE 2. 賣,通稱。 賈,坐賣,在固定的市肆出售販來的商品。 鬻,叫賣非販賣之物,主要用於漢代以前。 衒,沿街叫賣。 沽,待價而賣。 酤,賣酒。 糶,出售糧食。 貰,先給物延期付款的出售方式。 售,商品賣出去;唐宋後作賣的通稱,與 “ 賣 ” 是文白之別。
Modern Chinese Criteria
賣 售 貨 沽 賈 出賣 販賣 出售 發售 售賣 貨賣 斥賣 倒賣 倒騰 銷售 銷行 行銷 暢銷 "sell well" 銷 兜銷 兜售 推銷 經售 經銷 專賣 榷 拋售 拋 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Hyponym
  • RENT OUT SELL the RIGHT to USE. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • BUYOBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something.
See also
  • EXCHANGEGIVE something to someone so as to RECEIVE something OTHER from him.
  • BUYOBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something.
Hypernym
  • GIVE CAUSE someone TO POSSESS in the FUTURE what one POSSESSES at PRESENT. (anc: 12/0, child: 13)
  • CAUSE TO MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • MOVE CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.82

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SELL

    vendere refers to an act of selling as a mercantile act.

    venundare refers to having for sale and then selling something.

    venditare refers to a general practice of selling a certain kind of thing.

    mancipare denotes a juridicial act, in consequence of which a thing is alienated, with all that belongs to it, transferred to another.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 157

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 92

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 124

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 575

    沽,酤,賈

    1. WL claims these three "characters" are homophonous, but since 沽 anciently had three, and in modern times still has two readings, this statement makes no sense.

    2. WL claims that gu3 酤 is not used to refer to a merchant. This is not so. SHANGJUNSHU 2 has sha1ng gu1 商酤 "traders and wine-merchants", and along similar lines we have the current tu2 gu1 屠酤 "butchers and wine merchants".

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 283

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 388

  • Words (12 items)

      mài OC: mrees MC: mɣɛ 42 Attributions

    The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Word relations
    • Conv: 買/BUY The most current and general word for buying is probably mǎi 買 (ant. mài 賣 "sell").
    • Contrast: 售 / 讎/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").
    • Synon: 鬻 / 粥/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)sell the contextually determinate N; offer the contextually determinate N for sale
    • vt(oN)perfectiveget sold the contextually determinate object
    • vt[oN]sell goodsDS
    • vtoNoffer for sale, be prepared to sell
    • vtoN1.+VtoN2sell N1 as N2DS
    • vtoNconativetry to sell offLZ
    • vtoNfigurative"sell" (one's importance)
    • vtoNpassivebe offered for sale; be sold
    • vtoNperfectivesellDS
    • vtt(oN1.)+N2sell a contextually determinate thing for (a price N)
    • vttoN1.+N2reflexive.自sell (oneself) for the price of N2
      yù OC: luɡ MC: juk
      yù OC: luɡ MC: juk 25 Attributions

    The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Word relations
    • Conv: 買/BUY The most current and general word for buying is probably mǎi 買 (ant. mài 賣 "sell").
    • Synon: 賣/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Syntactic words
    • vadNsold 鬻子"children that have been sold into slavery"
    • vt(oN)offer the determinate thing for sale
    • vtoNtry to sell, offer for sale; trade in
    • vtoNfigurativecapitalise on, make profit by; make profit at the cost of
    • vtoNpassivebe sold, be offered for sale
    • vtoNreflexive.自sell (oneself)
    • vttoN1.+N2sell (something N1) to (someone N2)
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2reflexive.自sell (oneself) to N2
      shòu OC:  MC: ɨu
      chóu OC: ɡju MC: dʑɨu 25 Attributions

    The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 賣/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)omget the contextually determinate object sold
    • vt[oN]get one's things or services sold
    • vtoNget something sold, sell effectively
    • vtoNpassiveget sold off
      gū OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 4 Attributions

    Gū 酤 refers specifically to the selling (or buying!) of wine.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe activity of selling wineCH
    • v[adN]wine seller
    • vtoNcontinuoussell, trade in
      gū OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 3 Attributions

    Gū 沽 refers to the selling of mobile goods, and the word often refers specifically to the selling of wine.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsell (mobile object, often wine)
      tiào OC: lʰeewɡs MC: theu 2 Attributions

    Tiào 糶 (ant. dí 糴 "buy rice abroad") refers specifically to selling rice abroad.

      Word relations
    • Conv: 糴/BUY Dí 糴 (ant. tiào 糶 "sell abroad") refers to buying from another country and importing, especially rice.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNexport foodstuff, sell grain abroad; sell
      xuàn OC: ɡʷeens MC: ɦen 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNHANSHU, Dongfang Shuo: display so as to sell
    衒賣  xuàn mài OC: ɡʷeens mrees MC: ɦen mɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNprocure and sell
    賣與  mài yǔ OC: mrees k-laʔ MC: mɣɛ ji̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtt(oN1.)(+N2)sell the contextually determinate object to the contextually determinate buyer (probably not here: offer for sale???)
    反貨  fān huò MC: phjon xwaH OC: phan hŋʷaals 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabact= fan4huo4 販貨: selling of goods, commerceLZ
      huò OC: hŋʷaals MC: hʷɑ 0 Attributions

    Huò 貨 (ant. huò 貨 "buy wholesale"!!!) refers to selling any moveable goods on a large scale or wholesale.

      Syntactic words
      zī OC: sti MC: tsi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtrade in, sell