mǎi

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Definitions

  1. 1. to buy
  2. 2. to purchase

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Words Containing 买

收买
shōu mǎi

to purchase

买不起
mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford

买卖
mǎi mài

buying and selling

购买
gòu mǎi

to purchase; to buy

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn

fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.

一锤子买卖
yī chuí zi mǎi mài

a one-off, short-sighted deal

代拿买特
dài ná mǎi tè

dynamite (loanword)

倒买倒卖
dǎo mǎi dǎo mài

to buy and sell at a profit

做买卖
zuò mǎi mài

to buy and sell

公买公卖
gōng mǎi gōng mài

buying and selling at fair prices

博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lǘ

lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point

孟买
mèng mǎi

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn

Time is precious.

强买强卖
qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài

to force sb to buy or sell

批量购买
pī liàng gòu mǎi

to buy in bulk

投机买卖
tóu jī mǎi mài

buying and selling on speculation

招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ

fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff

采买
cǎi mǎi

to do one's shopping

照买不误
zhào mǎi bù wù

to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)

牙买加
yá mǎi jiā

Jamaica

牙买加胡椒
yá mǎi jiā hú jiāo

Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)

百思买
bǎi sī mǎi

Best Buy (retailer)

置买
zhì mǎi

to purchase

证券柜台买卖中心
zhèng quàn guì tái mǎi mài zhōng xīn

GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)

买一送一
mǎi yī sòng yī

buy one, get one free

买下
mǎi xià

to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)

买主
mǎi zhǔ

customer

买了佛冷
mǎi le fó lěng

(Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics \I love Poland\ that became a catchphrase in 2018

买价
mǎi jià

buying price

买入
mǎi rù

to buy (finance)

买单
mǎi dān

to pay the restaurant bill

买回
mǎi huí

to buy back

买好
mǎi hǎo

to ingratiate oneself

买官
mǎi guān

to buy a title

买官卖官
mǎi guān mài guān

buying and selling of official positions

买家
mǎi jiā

buyer; purchaser

买帐
mǎi zhàng

to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)

买房
mǎi fáng

to buy a house

买断
mǎi duàn

to buy out

买方
mǎi fāng

buyer (in contracts)

买方市场
mǎi fāng shì chǎng

buyer's market

买春
mǎi chūn

to visit a prostitute

买东西
mǎi dōng xi

to do one's shopping

买椟还珠
mǎi dú huán zhū

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside

买票
mǎi piào

to buy tickets

买空
mǎi kōng

to buy on margin (finance)

买空卖空
mǎi kōng mài kōng

to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator

买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān

lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness

买路财
mǎi lù cái

see 買路錢|买路钱[mǎi lù qián]

买路钱
mǎi lù qián

money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll

买办
mǎi bàn

comprador

买通
mǎi tōng

to bribe

买进
mǎi jìn

to purchase

买关节
mǎi guān jié

to offer a bribe

买面子
mǎi miàn zi

to allow sb to save face

贿买
huì mǎi

to bribe

购买力
gòu mǎi lì

purchasing power

购买者
gòu mǎi zhě

purchaser

邀买人心
yāo mǎi rén xīn

to buy popular support

金钱不能买来幸福
jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú

money can't buy happiness

零买
líng mǎi

to buy detail