to cry out goods for sale
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to hawk; to peddle by shouting out
neutralDescribes the traditional practice of vendors loudly announcing their goods to attract customers, often associated with street markets and itinerant sellers.
Xiǎo小
fàn贩
yán沿
jiē街
jiào叫
mài卖
xīn新
xiān鲜
de的
shuǐ水
guǒ果
。
The vendor hawked fresh fruit along the street.
Yǐ以
qián前
cháng常
néng能
tīng听
dào到
mài卖
bào报
de的
zài在
hú胡
tòng同
lǐ里
jiào叫
mài卖
。
In the past, you could often hear newspaper sellers hawking in the alleyways.
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Jí集
shì市
shang上
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
shāng商
fàn贩
de的
jiào叫
mài卖
shēng声
。
The market was filled with the cries of vendors hawking their wares.