买 mǎi

buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

HSK 1 #758

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

买空卖空 mǎi kōng mài kōng to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
买笑追欢 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
买路财 mǎi lù cái see 買路錢|买路钱[mai3 lu4 qian2]
买路钱 mǎi lù qián money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll; (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession
买办 mǎi bàn comprador
买关节 mǎi guān jié to offer a bribe
买面子 mǎi miàn zi to allow sb to save face; to defer to
贿买 huì mǎi to bribe; bribery
邀买人心 yāo mǎi rén xīn to buy popular support; to court favor
金钱不能买来幸福 jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú money can't buy happiness
零买 líng mǎi to buy detail; to buy one at a time
买卖人 mǎi mài rén trader; merchant
阔勒买 kuò lè mǎi Keremuling (name of a port)
买车 mǎi chē buy a car
买聊 mǎi liáo buy and chat; buy and talk
买不到 mǎi bú dào unable to buy; the inability to purchase something, whether due to scarcity or other restrictions.
买下 mǎi xià buy out or purchase entirely; acquire ownership of something by paying the full price
买回来 mǎi huí lái buy back; the act of purchasing something again or reacquiring something that was previously owned, bringing it back to its place of origin or ownership
档买 dàng mǎi stall selling; booth selling
买菜 mǎi cài buy groceries or vegetables
买些 mǎi xiē to buy some
买房子 mǎi fáng zi buy a house; to purchase a residential property
买点 mǎi diǎn buy some; purchase a few; acquire a small amount of goods
乔恩买 qiáo ēn mǎi Jon buys
买齐 mǎi qí purchase everything on the list; buy all the items needed on the list
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