买 - mǎi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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买 (買)

mǎi

Definition

to buy
我买了一些苹果。

I bought a few apples.
to purchase
我们上午买了很多衣服。

We bought a lot of clothes this morning.

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

to sell

see 苣荬菜

Related words (47)

customer

bought

buying price

to buy (finance)

comprador

to pay (the bill); to pay the (restaurant) bill; bill; tab

买卖

mǎi mài

buying and selling; business; business transactions

买回

mǎi huí

to buy back; to redeem; repurchase

买好

mǎi hǎo

to ingratiate oneself

买官

mǎi guān

to buy a title; to use wealth to acquire office

buyer; client

to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative); to accept (a version of events); to buy it

to buy a house

to buy out; buyout; severance

buyer (in contracts)

to buy wine or drinks

买票

mǎi piào

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

买进

mǎi jìn

to purchase; to buy in (goods)

to bribe

to buy groceries (Cantonese)

买不起

mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford; can't afford buying

买东西

mǎi dōng xi

to buy; to shop; (to go) shopping; to do one's shopping

to offer a bribe

see 买路钱

money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll; (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession

买面子

mǎi miàn zi

to allow sb to save face; to defer to

买官卖官

mǎi guān mài guān

buying and selling of official positions

buyer's market

to buy and sell short (i.e. without paying cash); to speculate

收买

shōu mǎi

to purchase; to bribe

置买

zhì mǎi

to purchase; to buy (usu. real estate)

to purchase; to buy

to bribe; bribery

purchase; buy

to buy detail; to buy one at a time

做买卖

zuò mǎi mài

to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal

purchasing power

purchaser

dynamite (loanword)

to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate

公买公卖

gōng mǎi gōng mài

buying and selling at fair prices

强买强卖

qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài

to force sb to buy or sell; to trade using coercion

批量购买

pī liàng gòu mǎi

to buy in bulk; bulk buying

投机买卖

tóu jī mǎi mài

buying and selling on speculation

邀买人心

yāo mǎi rén xīn

to buy popular support; to court favor

一锤子买卖

yī chuí zi mǎi mài

(lit.) fly-by-night one-off business deal; (fig.) to act recklessly, throwing all caution to the wind

金钱不能买来幸福

jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú

money can't buy happiness

Idioms (5)

买椟还珠

mǎi dú huán zhū

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgement (idiom)

买笑追欢

mǎi xiào zhuī huān

(lit.) to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

千金难买

qiān jīn nán mǎi

can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)

博士买驴

bó shì mǎi lǘ

(lit.) the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point; idiom mocking scholastic pomposity

招兵买马

zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; (fig.) to expand business; to recruit new staff

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