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Meaning of 买

Pinyin mǎi

Radical

乙

Strokes

Definition

buy

Usage

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买 mǎi 【动】【本义】:买进，购进【造字法】:会意。小篆字形，从网贝。“网”是收进，“贝”是财货。合起来表示把财货购进来。 1. 拿钱换东西，与“卖”相对。 (En: To exchange money for goods, opposite of "sell"). 例: 买卖 (buy and sell), 买办 (1. someone who procures goods; 2. intermediaries and brokers managing foreign capitalists in domestic markets), 买名 (buy a title), 买好 (purchase well), 买笑 (in former times referred to visiting a brothel for pleasure), 买主 (buyer), 买方 (purchaser), 买春 (buying wine, common in Tang Dynasty). 2. 招致。 (En: To incur). 例: 买祸 (invite disaster). 3. 姓。 (En: A surname). 4. 同本义 ([En.] purchase; buy). 例: 买粥易也 (buying porridge is easy). 5. 雇，租 ([En.] hire). 例: 买舟而下 (hire a boat to go downstream). 6. 用金钱或其他手段取得; 收买，买通 ([En.] buy over; bribe). 例: 黄金买醉未能归 (even with gold to buy pleasures, one cannot return). 7. 招惹，引起 ([En.] provoke; incur). 例: 买忧 (inviting troubles), 买憔悴 (seeking troubles). 8. 博取; 追逐 ([En.] try to gain; contend for; pursue). 例: 买誉 (to gain reputation by money), 买交 (spending money to make friends).

买嘱 mǎi zhǔ

Buy advice

买卖 mǎi mài

buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]

买来 mǎi lái

Bought

买者 mǎi zhě

buyer

收买 shōu mǎi

to purchase / to bribe

买房 mǎi fáng

to buy a house

买方 mǎi fāng

buyer (in contracts)

买办 mǎi bàn

comprador

买下 mǎi xià

buy out / effect a purchase

牙买加 Yá mǎi jiā

Jamaica

买入 mǎi rù

to buy (finance)

购买力 gòu mǎi lì

purchasing power

买进 mǎi jìn

to purchase / to buy in (goods)

买主 mǎi zhǔ

customer

孟买 Mèng mǎi

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

买家 mǎi jiā

buyer / client

买不起 mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford / can't afford buying

买单 mǎi dān

to pay the restaurant bill

买点 mǎi diǎn

buying point

买票 mǎi piào

to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)

竞买 jìng mǎi

bidding / vie for purchase

购买 gòu mǎi

to purchase / to buy

贱买贵卖 jiàn mǎi guì mài

buy cheap and sell dear

贿买 huì mǎi

to bribe / bribery

赎买 shú mǎi

redeem / buy out

一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài

a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt