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Information of 买

Pinyin mǎi
Radical
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).
mǎi zhǔ
Buy advice
mǎi mài
buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
mǎi lái
Bought
mǎi zhě
buyer
shōu mǎi
to purchase / to bribe
mǎi fáng
to buy a house
mǎi fāng
buyer (in contracts)
mǎi bàn
comprador
mǎi xià
buy out / effect a purchase
Yá mǎi jiā
Jamaica
mǎi rù
to buy (finance)
gòu mǎi lì
purchasing power
mǎi jìn
to purchase / to buy in (goods)
mǎi zhǔ
customer
Mèng mǎi
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
mǎi jiā
buyer / client
mǎi bu qǐ
cannot afford / can't afford buying
mǎi dān
to pay the restaurant bill
mǎi diǎn
buying point
mǎi piào
to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
jìng mǎi
bidding / vie for purchase
gòu mǎi
to purchase / to buy
jiàn mǎi guì mài
buy cheap and sell dear
贿 huì mǎi
to bribe / bribery
shú mǎi
redeem / buy out
yī chuí zi mǎi mài
a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt
Input Method for 买
Pinyin mai3
Wubi
nudu
Cangjie
nyk
Zhengma
xtgd
Four Corner
17804
Unicode
U+4e70