How to write 買

買 1. To take money in exchange for goods; opposite of "sell." Example: 買賣 (buy and sell), 買辦 (1. a person who procures goods; 2. an intermediary and broker operating in the domestic market for foreign capitalists), 買名 (to buy reputation), 買好 (to buy something well), 買笑 (old reference to seeking pleasure in a brothel), 買主 (buyer), 買方 (purchaser), 買春 (buying wine; many wine names in the Tang dynasty included the character "spring"). 2. To bring about. Example: 買禍 (to invite disaster). 3. A surname. Verb meaning to purchase property with money. Example phrases: 買田 (buy land), 買書 (buy books), 買空賣空 (buying and selling on margin). Poetic usage: 唐·白居易 (Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi) in "Pipa Xing" wrote: "Merchants value profit and care little for parting; last month, I went to buy tea at Fuliang." 唐·柳浑 (Tang Dynasty, Liu Hun) wrote in a poem about peonies: "Recently, it is regrettable regarding peonies; it costs thousands of coins to buy just one." Verb meaning to seek or obtain. In the "Nan Shi" (History of Southern Dynasties), it states: "After hearing about it, I sighed and said: 'To admire the appearance of noble virtue is merely to express feelings that resonate with the earth; am I, after all, one who buys fame and seeks an official position?'" 宋·苏轼 (Song Dynasty, Su Shi) in "Litchi Tan" wrote: "Competing for new favorites and each presents their own ideas; this year's battle of goods fills the official tea."