mǎi

to buy; to purchase

Character data

Radical ⾙ (154.5)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED , 𧹒

Definitions

買 mǎi
  1. 1. to buy
  2. 2. to purchase

Stroke order

買 stroke order diagram

Words containing 買

Word Meaning
buying price
to buy (finance)
to pay the restaurant bill
to buy back; to redeem; repurchase
to ingratiate oneself
to buy a title; to use wealth to acquire office
buying and selling of official positions
buyer; client
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
to buy a house
to buy out; buyout; severance
buyer (in contracts)
buyer's market
to visit a prostitute; (literary) to buy wine or drinks
to do one's shopping
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
to buy tickets; TW to buy votes (in an election)
to buy on margin (finance)
to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air
lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
buying and selling; business; business transactions
variant of mǎi zhàng
money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll
comprador