買 (maai5) — buy; purchase | [antonym] 賣 in Cantonese
maaiˏ₅買
简 买
Mandarin Pinyin: mai3
Meaning of 買
nounbuy; purchase | [antonym] 賣
nounbribe; buy over; buy off
verbto buy; to purchase.
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Example Sentences with 買
記得買奶吧。
Remember to buy milk.
如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.
聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
Words Containing 買
購買力kau3 maai5 lik6
purchasing power; buying power
不買賬bat1 maai5 zoeng3
not buy it; not go for it
買家市場maai5 gaa1 si5 coeng4
buyer's market
買樓maai5 lau2
buy a property units
買單maai4 daan1
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.
買少見少maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2
seldomly seen; rare
買方maai5 fong1
buyer (in contracts)
買滿maai5 mun5
spend over
買豬肉搭頭骨maai5 zui1 juk6 daap3 tau4 gwat1
buying roasted pork and having some bone attached for free: getting something good with something unwanted as it is bundled together
隔山買牛gaak3 saan1 maai5 ngau4
buy sth without seeing it
再買zoi3 maai5
repurchase
買家maai5 gaa1
buyer; purchaser; client
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