# 拍卖 (pāimài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 拍卖 (pāimài) means “to auction; auction”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to auction; auction
- Pinyin: pāimài (pai1 mai4)
- Traditional: 拍賣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这幅名画明天将被拍卖。
  Zhè fú mínghuà míngtiān jiāng bèi pāimài.
  This famous painting will be auctioned tomorrow.

## Characters

- [拍](https://hanziro.com/word/pai-pat/) (pāi): to pat; to clap
- [卖](https://hanziro.com/word/mai-sell/) (mài): to sell

https://hanziro.com/word/pai-mai-auction/

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