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Information of 买

Pinyinmǎi

Radical

乙

Strokes

6 strokes

Usage

★★★★★

Definition

buy

买 mǎi 〈动〉 【本义】: 买进，购进 (Original meaning: to purchase; to buy) 【造字法】: 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。 (Character formation: Pictophonetic. The small seal script combines "网" which means to collect and "贝" which means wealth, implying the acquisition of goods.)【同义词】 1. 同本义 ([En.] purchase; buy) 2. 雇，租 ([En.] hire) 3. 用金钱或其他手段取得; 收买，买通 ([En.] buy over; bribe) 4. 招惹，引起 ([En.] provoke; incur) 5. 博取; 追逐 ([En.] try to gain; contend for; pursue) 【引文】 1. 《说文》：买，市也。 2. 《庄子·逍遥游》：请买其方百金。 3. 《墨子·经说》：买粥易也。 4. 《韩非子·外储说左上》：郑人买其椟而还其珠。 5. 《礼记·曲礼》：买妾不知其姓，则卜之。 【例子】 又如: 买嘴吃 (buy snacks to eat); 买市 (former official or wealthy gentry would periodically gather merchants to trade goods, rewarding the common people); 买山 (purchase land for retreat); 买骨 (buy horse bones, metaphor for seeking talents); 买菜求益 (try to get more vegetables when buying them, metaphor for being overly cautious). 【雇，租 (hire)】 1. 清· 彭端淑《为学一首示子侄》：买舟而下。 又如: 买棹 (charter a boat); 买帆 (buy a boat; hire a boat); 买佣 (hire workers); 买活 (employ). 【用金钱或其他手段取得; 收买，买通 (buy over; bribe)】 1. 李白《梁园吟》：沉吟此事泪满衣，黄金买醉未能归。 又如: 买和 (pay off a party to abandon a lawsuit); 买上告下 (bribe officials at various levels); 习官 (obtain an official position through bribes); 习邻 (choose good neighbors before buying a house); 买路钱 (money paid to thieves for safe passage); 买休 (pay to resolve criminal matters). 【招惹，引起 (provoke; incur)】 1. 《战国策·韩策》：此所谓市怨而买祸者也。 又如: 买忧 (invite troubles); 买出 (provoke; cause to arise); 买憔悴 (seek troubles; attract misfortune). 【博取; 追逐 (try to gain; contend for; pursue)】 又如: 买乖儿 (taking shortcuts); 买笑追欢 (seek entertainment); 买誉 (gain fame); 买声儿 (gain reputation); 买名 (exchange money for fame; chase reputation); 买交 (spend money to make friends).

买嘱 mǎi zhǔ

Buy advice

买卖 mǎi mài

buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]

买来 mǎi lái

Bought

买者 mǎi zhě

buyer

收买 shōu mǎi

to purchase / to bribe

买房 mǎi fáng

to buy a house

买方 mǎi fāng

buyer (in contracts)

买办 mǎi bàn

comprador

买下 mǎi xià

buy out / effect a purchase

牙买加 Yá mǎi jiā

Jamaica

买入 mǎi rù

to buy (finance)

购买力 gòu mǎi lì

purchasing power

买进 mǎi jìn

to purchase / to buy in (goods)

买主 mǎi zhǔ

customer

孟买 Mèng mǎi

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

买家 mǎi jiā

buyer / client

买不起 mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford / can't afford buying

买单 mǎi dān

to pay the restaurant bill

买点 mǎi diǎn

buying point

买票 mǎi piào

to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)

竞买 jìng mǎi

bidding / vie for purchase

购买 gòu mǎi

to purchase / to buy

贱买贵卖 jiàn mǎi guì mài

buy cheap and sell dear

贿买 huì mǎi

to bribe / bribery

赎买 shú mǎi

redeem / buy out

一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài

a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt

Input Method for 买

Pinyinmai3

Wubi

nudu

Cangjie

nyk

Zhengma

xtgd

Four Corner

17804

Unicode

U+4e70

Same Pronunciation Characters

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Same Radical Characters

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