SELL  

GIVE something to someone EXCHANGING it for MONEY.
PUT UP FOR SALEOFFER FOR SALEPUT ON SALEDISPOSE OFVENDAUCTION (OFF)TRADEBARTER.GET SOLDSELL OFF
Antonym
  • BUYOBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something.
    Hypernym
    • GIVECAUSE someone TO POSSESS in the FUTURE what one POSSESSES at PRESENT.
      • CAUSE TOMOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
    See also
    • EXCHANGEGIVE something to someone so as to RECEIVE something OTHER from him.
      • BUYOBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something.
        Hyponym
        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










        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"



        兜銷

        兜售

        推銷

        經售

        經銷

        專賣



        拋售



        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

        • 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

        Attributions by syntactic funtion

        • vtoN : 85
        • vt(oN) : 7
        • vttoN1.+N2 : 3
        • vt[oN] : 2
        • NPab : 1
        • nab : 1
        • vadN : 1
        • v[adN] : 1
        • vtt(oN1.)(+N2) : 1
        • vttoN1.+prep+N2 : 1
        • vtt(oN1.)+N2 : 1
        • VPtoN : 1

        Attributions by text

        • 韓非子 : 35
        • 管子 : 10
        • 百喻經 : 8
        • 戰國策 : 7
        • 搜神記 : 5
        • 荀子 : 5
        • 論衡 : 4
        • 賢愚經 : 4
        • 論語 : 3
        • 史記 : 3
        • 韓詩外傳 : 3
        • 說苑 : 2
        • 淮南子 : 2
        • 鹽鐵論 : 2
        • 孟子 : 2
        • 妙法蓮華經 : 2
        • 列子 : 1
        • 孫子 : 1
        • 莊子 : 1
        • 臨濟錄 : 1
        • 晏子春秋 : 1
        • 祖堂集 : 1
        • 六祖壇經 : 1
        • 古列女傳 : 1

        Words

          mài OC: mrees MC: mɣɛ 42 AttributionsWD

        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
          shòu OC:  MC: ɨu
          chóu OC: ɡju MC: dʑɨu 25 AttributionsWD

        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
          yù OC: luɡ MC: juk
          yù OC: luɡ MC: juk 25 AttributionsWD

        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
          gū OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 4 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNHANSHU, Dongfang Shuo: display so as to sell
        衒賣  xuàn mài OC: ɡʷeens mrees MC: ɦen mɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNprocure and sell
        賣與  mài yǔ OC: mrees k-laʔ MC: mɣɛ ji̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
          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 hŋʷaalsLZ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPabact= fan4huo4 販貨: selling of goods, commerceLZ
          huò OC: hŋʷaals MC: hʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNtrade in, sell

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