买 mǎi

buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

HSK 1 #758

DEFINITIONS

  • buy, purchase
  • bribe, persuade
  • to buy
  • to purchase

STROKES

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WORDS

买卖 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
购买 gòu mǎi to purchase; to buy
买家 mǎi jiā buyer; client
收买 shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe
牙买加 yá mǎi jiā Jamaica
孟买 mèng mǎi Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
买主 mǎi zhǔ customer
买通 mǎi tōng to bribe
买不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford; can't afford buying
买进 mǎi jìn to purchase; to buy in (goods)
买房 mǎi fáng to buy a house
买账 mǎi zhàng variant of 買帳|买帐[mai3 zhang4]
买入 mǎi rù to buy (finance)
买方 mǎi fāng buyer (in contracts)
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
购买者 gòu mǎi zhě purchaser
强买强卖 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell; to trade using coercion
买价 mǎi jià buying price
买断 mǎi duàn to buy out; buyout; severance
购买力 gòu mǎi lì purchasing power
倒买倒卖 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate
采买 cǎi mǎi to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn ， cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom); fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
代拿买特 dài ná mǎi tè dynamite (loanword)
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