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maaiˏ₅買
(买)
Pinyin
mai3
Translations
noun
buy; purchase | [antonym] 賣
noun
bribe; buy over; buy off
ziuˉ¹招bingˉ¹兵maaiˏ₅買maaˏ₅馬
(招兵买马)
Pinyin
zhao1 bing1 mai3 ma3
Translations
noun
enlarge an army; recruit followers
sauˉ¹收maaiˏ₅買
(收买)
Pinyin
shou1 mai3
Translations
noun
bribe; buy off/over
noun
purchase; buy
kau˗₃購maaiˏ₅買likˍ₆力
(购买力)
Pinyin
gou4 mai3 li4
Translations
noun
purchasing power; buying power
maaiˏ₅買maaiˍ₆賣janˎ₄人
(买卖人)
Pinyin
mai3 mai4 ren2
Translations
noun
merchant (used chiefly in Taiwan)
maaiˏ₅買sung˗₃餸
(买𩠌)
Pinyin
mai3 song4
Translations
noun
to buy dishes of food
noun
(verb) 1. To do groceries; 2. Buy some take out
batˉ¹不maaiˏ₅買zoeng˗₃賬
(不买账)
Pinyin
bu4 mai3 zhang4
Translations
noun
not buy it; not go for it
maaiˏ₅買gaaˉ¹家siˏ₅市coengˎ₄場
(买家市场)
Pinyin
mai3 jia1 shi4 chang3
Translations
noun
buyer's market
maaiˏ₅買lauˊ²樓
(买楼)
Pinyin
mai3 lou2
Translations
noun
buy a property units
noun
to buy a property [written and colloquial]
maaiˎ₄買daanˉ¹單
(买单)
Pinyin
mai3 dan1
Translations
noun
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.
maaiˏ₅買houˊ²好
(买好)
Pinyin
mai3 hao3
Translations
noun
to ingratiate oneself
zeonˊ²準maaiˏ₅買gaaˉ¹家
(准买家)
Pinyin
zhun3 mai3 jia1
Translations
noun
prospective/potential buyer
maaiˏ₅買siuˊ²少gin˗₃見siuˊ²少
(买少见少)
Pinyin
mai3 shao3 jian4 shao3
Translations
noun
seldomly seen; rare
noun
scarce in supply (spoken)
maaiˏ₅買fongˉ¹方
(买方)
Pinyin
mai3 fang1
Translations
noun
buyer (in contracts)
maaiˏ₅買munˏ₅滿
(买满)
Pinyin
mai3 man3
Translations
noun
spend over
maaiˏ₅買zuiˉ¹豬jukˍ₆肉daap˗₃搭tauˎ₄頭gwatˉ¹骨
(买猪肉搭头骨)
Pinyin
mai3 zhu1 rou4 da1 tou2 gu3
Translations
noun
buying roasted pork and having some bone attached for free: getting something good with something unwanted as it is bundled together
maaiˏ₅買louˍ₆路cinˎ₄錢
(买路钱)
Pinyin
mai3 lu4 qian2
Translations
noun
pay for protection on journey from robber gangs
noun
money, paid to bandits for passage
maaiˏ₅買bouˊ²保himˊ²險
(买保险)
Pinyin
mai3 bao3 xian3
Translations
noun
to insure (against); to buy an insurance policy
gaak˗₃隔saanˉ¹山maaiˏ₅買ngauˎ₄牛
(隔山买牛)
Pinyin
ge2 shan1 mai3 niu2
Translations
noun
buy sth without seeing it
noun
to commit to something without understanding it fully
zoi˗₃再maaiˏ₅買
(再买)
Pinyin
zai4 mai3
Translations
noun
repurchase
noun
to buy again; to repurchase [written and colloquial]
sauˉ¹收maaiˏ₅買louˊ²佬
(收买佬)
Pinyin
shou1 mai3 lao3
Translations
noun
scrap merchant
noun
(noun) a scrap buyer
maaiˏ₅買gaaˉ¹家
(买家)
Pinyin
mai3 jia1
Translations
noun
buyer; purchaser; client
maaiˏ₅買maaiˍ₆賣
(买卖)
Pinyin
mai3 mai4
Translations
noun
business; trade; (literally) buying and selling | [粵]: 生意
noun
trading
daamˉ¹擔faanˉ¹幡maaiˏ₅買seoiˊ²水
(担幡买水)
Pinyin
dan1 fan1 mai3 shui3
Translations
noun
ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent ("buying water")
sauˉ¹收maaiˏ₅買janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
(收买人心)
Pinyin
shou1 mai3 ren2 xin1
Translations
noun
verb; buy popularity; try to win popular support