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  maai5   jyutping
  mai3   pinyin
[1] [v] buy; purchase [2] [v] win over (usually with a promise or favors in return); bribe

Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#154)
買 / 买

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This character was last edited on 7th Apr 2008

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detail  maai5 maai6  mai3 mai4 = business; trade
detail  maai5 je5  mai3 ye3 = shopping
detail  maai5*4 daan1  mai3 dan1 = call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants
detail  zoi3 maai5   = repurchase
detail  maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1   = buy one get one free
detail  sau1 maai5  shou1 mai3 = to purchase
detail  gu2 piu3 maai5 maai6   = stockjobbing, the stock business
detail  gau3 maai5  gou4 mai3 = to purchase
detail  kau3 maai5 lik6  gou4 mai3 li4 = purchasing power; buying power
detail  maai5 gaa1   = bull position
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 買
detail 記得 edit
Remember to buy milk.
detail 如果唔係買嘢 edit
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.
detail 聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢 edit
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物 edit
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 我們今年聖誕樹真的還是人造 edit
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
detail 鍾意互聯網買嘢 edit
I do my shopping on the Internet.
detail 上網禮物 edit
I buy gifts on the Internet.
detail 買滿$30可以優惠價$5換購汽水 edit
Spend over $30, can get a bottle of soft drink for $5
detail ! edit
I don’t buy inferior stuff.
detail , 何況 edit
He can't afford a car, let alone a house.
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