卖萌 (賣萌)
mài méng
Pinyin

Definition

卖萌 (賣萌)
 - 
mài méng
  1. (slang) to act cute

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

萌
méng
  1. 1 to sprout
  2. 2 to bud
  3. 3 to have a strong affection for (slang)
  4. 4 adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)
卖萌
mài méng
  1. 1 (slang) to act cute
萌生
méng shēng
  1. 1 to burgeon
  2. 2 to produce
  3. 3 to conceive
  4. 4 to be in the initial stage
萌芽
méng yá
  1. 1 to sprout (lit. or fig.)
  2. 2 to bud
  3. 3 to germinate
  4. 4 germ
  5. 5 seed
  6. 6 bud
呆萌
dāi méng
  1. 1 endearingly silly

Idioms (1)

防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
  1. 1 to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud

Sample Sentences

你问它你是人吗？它说：蛮接近了说：你不乖它说：你说酱就酱。谴责它你的服务很差它还会卖萌你真的那么想吗？
nǐ wèn tā nǐ shì rén ma ？tā shuō ：mán jiējìn le shuō ：nǐ bù guāi tā shuō ：nǐ shuō jiàngjiùjiàng 。qiǎnzé tā nǐ de fúwù hěnchà tā hái huì màiméng nǐ zhēnde nàme xiǎng ma ？
You ask it, "Are you human?" It says: "Quite close." and you say, "You are not good." It says: "If you say so, so be it." When you condemn it:"Your service is very poor," it will act cute and ask, "Do you really think so?"
Go to Lesson 
倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
Go to Lesson 
很多中国的女孩儿喜欢戴美瞳，就是卖萌。
hěn duō Zhōngguó de nǚháir xǐhuan dài měitóng ，jiùshì màiméng 。
A lot of Chinese girls like to wear cosmetic lenses; this is an example of "acting cute."
Go to Lesson 
卖萌
màiméng
To act cute.
Go to Lesson