mǎi

buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

價 mǎi jià buying price
入 mǎi rù to buy (finance)
單 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill
回 mǎi huí to buy back; to redeem; repurchase
好 mǎi hǎo to ingratiate oneself
官 mǎi guān to buy a title; to use wealth to acquire office
官賣官 mǎi guān mài guān buying and selling of official positions
家 mǎi jiā buyer; client
帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative); to accept (a version of events); to buy it
房 mǎi fáng to buy a house
斷 mǎi duàn to buy out; buyout; severance
方 mǎi fāng buyer (in contracts)
方市場 mǎi fāng shì chǎng buyer's market
春 mǎi chūn to visit a prostitute; (literary) to buy wine or drinks
東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping
櫝還珠 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment (idiom)
票 mǎi piào to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
空 mǎi kōng to buy on margin (finance)
空賣空 mǎi kōng mài kōng to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
笑追歡 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
賣 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
賬 mǎi zhàng variant of 買帳|买帐[mai3 zhang4]
路財 mǎi lù cái see 買路錢|买路钱[mai3 lu4 qian2]
路錢 mǎi lù qián money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll; (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession
辦 mǎi bàn comprador