How to say “Buy” in Cantonese — 買 (maai5)

purchase; buy

purchase; buy

buy; purchase; seek

buy, acquire (typically used in a financial news sense)

to purchase; to buy

purchasing power; buying power

not buy it; not go for it

buyer's market

buy a property units

call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants. This is the Mandarin rendition of the Cantonese original 埋單 due to tonal differences, i.e. Mandarin 買 sounds closer to Cantonese 埋 than Mandarin 埋 does.

seldomly seen; rare