买 mǎi — to buy; to purchase
买
Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #588
Traditional:
買
mǎi mai3
Detailed explanation
- verb (会意。小篆字形，从网贝。“网”是收进，“贝”是财货。合起来表示把财货购进来。本义:买进，购进)
- verb purchase;buy e.g 买嘴吃 · 买市 · 买山 · 买骨 · 买菜求益
- verb hire e.g 买棹 · 买帆 · 买佣 · 买活
- verb buy over;bribe e.g 买路钱 买和 · 买上告下 · 习官 · 习邻 · 买休
- verb provoke;incure e.g 买忧 · 买出 · 买憔悴
- verb try to gain;contend for;pursue e.g 买乖儿 · 买笑追欢 · 买誉 · 买声儿 · 买名 · 买交
Related words
- 购买 to purchase; to buy
- 买家 buyer; purchaser
- 买卖 business; buying and selling
- 收买 to purchase/to bribe
- 购买力 purchasing power
- 买方 buyer (in contracts)
- 买主 a buyer; a purchaser
- 做买卖 to do business; to trade
- 买办 comprador
- 买进 to buy in; to purchase
- 买断 to buy out
- 买方市场 buyer's market
- 买单 to pay the bill
- 买通 to bribe
- 竞买 to bid competitively; to vie in buying (at auction)
- 采买 purchase/buy
- 招兵买马 to recruit followers; to build up one's forces or staff
- 买卖人 businessman; tradesman; shopkeeper
- 赎买 to redeem; to buy out (private capital) for compensation
- 买账 to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)/to accept (a version