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  maai5   jyutping
  mai3   pinyin
[1] buy; purchase | [antonym]
[2] bribe; buy over; buy off

verb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
買 / 买

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This word has been viewed 23045 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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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  sau1 maai5  shou1 mai3 = to purchase; to bribe
detail  zoi3 maai5   = repurchase
detail  maai5 gaa1  mai3 jia1 = buyer, client
detail  maai5 lau4*2   = buy a property units
detail  dai2 maai5   = worth buying
detail  maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1   = buy one get one free
detail  gu2 piu3 maai5 maai6   = stockjobbing, the stock business
See all 50 compounds (CantoDict reports 52 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 31 examples containing 買
detail
I bought a hand of bananas.
[Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]]
detail 記得
Remember to buy milk.
detail audio 如果唔係買嘢
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.
detail audio 聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 我們今年聖誕樹真的還是人造
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
detail audio 鍾意互聯網買嘢
I like to buy stuff on the internet. I like to shop online/on the internet.
detail 上網禮物
I buy gifts on the Internet.
detail audio 唔會!
I don’t buy inferior stuff.
detail 蛋糕兩份
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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