mǎi

buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

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WORDS

一寸光陰一寸金,寸金難寸光陰 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.
一錘子賣 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
代拿特 dài ná mǎi tè dynamite (loanword)
倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate
賣 zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal
公賣 gōng mǎi gōng mài buying and selling at fair prices
千金難 qiān jīn nán mǎi can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
博士驢 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
mèng mǎi Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
寸金難寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious.
強賣 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell; to trade using coercion
批量購 pī liàng gòu mǎi to buy in bulk; bulk buying
投機賣 tóu jī mǎi mài buying and selling on speculation
招兵馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff
cǎi mǎi to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer
shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe
加 yá mǎi jiā Jamaica
加胡椒 yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo Jamaican pepper; all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
百思 bǎi sī mǎi Best Buy (retailer)
zhì mǎi to purchase; to buy (usu. real estate)
人心 yāo mǎi rén xīn variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1]
證券櫃檯賣中心 zhèng quàn guì tái mǎi mài zhōng xīn GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
一送一 mǎi yī sòng yī buy one, get one free; two for the price of one
不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford; can't afford buying
主 mǎi zhǔ customer
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