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maai5
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[1] buy; purchase | [antonym] 賣 [2] bribe; buy over; buy off  Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 貴賣賈 |
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This word has been viewed 23195 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Nov 2014 10:15 |
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買賣
maai5 maai6 = business; trade
買嘢
maai5 je5 = shopping 粵
買單
maai5*4 daan1 = call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants 國
收買
sau1 maai5 = to purchase; to bribe
再買
zoi3 maai5 = repurchase
買家
maai5 gaa1 = buyer, client
買樓
maai5 lau4*2 = buy a property units 粵
抵買
dai2 maai5 = worth buying 粵
買一送一
maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1 = buy one get one free
股票買賣
gu2 piu3 maai5 maai6 = stockjobbing, the stock business
購買
kau3 maai5 = to purchase
購買力
kau3 maai5 lik6 = purchasing power; buying power
招兵買馬
ziu1 bing1 maai5 maa5 = enlarge an army; recruit followers
買手
maai5 sau2 = buyer
買起
maai5 hei2 = buy; to kill sb by hiring a killer; a contract killing 粵
買路錢
maai5 lou6 cin4 = pay for protection on journey from robber gangs
收買佬
sau1 maai5 lou2 = scrap merchant
高買
gou1 maai5 = to shoplift while pretending to buy
買水
maai5 seoi2 = "buying water", a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent
買保險
maai5 bou2 him2 = to insure (against)
買燕梳
maai5 jin3 so1 = to insure onself (against) 粵
買成
maai5 seng4 = to be able to buy successfully
不買賬
bat1 maai5 zoeng3 = not buy it; not go for it 國
買賣人
maai5 maai6 jan4 = merchant (used chiefly in Taiwan)
買好
maai5 hou2 = to ingratiate oneself
買票
maai5 piu3 = to buy tickets; vote-buying
買方
maai5 fong1 = buyer (in contracts)
買東西
maai5 dung1 sai1 = to go shopping (lit., "buy things")
採買
coi2 maai5 = purchase; buy
買滿
maai5 mun5 = spend over 粵
擔幡買水
daam1 faan1 maai5 seoi2 = ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent ("buying water")
隔山買牛
gaak3 saan1 maai5 ngau4 = buy sth without seeing it
買入
maai5 jap6 = to buy in
買豬肉搭頭骨
maai5 zui1 juk6 daap3 tau4 gwat1 = buying roasted pork and having some bone attached for free 粵
買盤
maai5 pun4*2 = a buy order (on the stock exchange)
買餸
maai5 sung3 = to buy dishes of food 粵
準買家
zeon2 maai5 gaa1 = prospective buyer
假買賣
gaa2 maai5 maai6 = sham sale and purchase
貼錢買難受
tip3 cin4*2 maai5 naan4 sau6 = to feel silly and regreful of buying something that is not worth it 粵
齋睇唔買
zaai1 tai2 m4 maai5 = just looking not buying 粵
收買人命
sau1 maai5 jan4 meng6 = to kill sb. 粵
買少見少
maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2 = seldomly seen; rare 粵
買飛
maai5 fei1 = purchase a ticket 粵
買兇
maai5 hung1 = hire a killer
牙買加
ngaa4 maai5 gaa1 = Jamaica
孟買
maang6 maai5 = Bombay, Mumbai
買入匯率
maai5 jap6 wui6 leot6*2 = buying rate
高買低賣
gou1 maai5 dai1 maai6 = "high buy low sell" strategy
低買高賣
dai1 maai5 gou1 maai6 = "buy low sell high" strategy (stock exchange)
千金難買早知道
cin1 gam1 naan4 maai5 zou2 zi1 dou6*3 = if only I would have known earlier 粵 |
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Showing 10 of 31 examples containing 買
我買咗一梳蕉 粵
I bought a hand of bananas. [Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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