买 (買) mǎi

1. mǎi verb to buy; to purchase
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A transitive verb with the argument being the object purchased (CC-CEDICT '買'; Guoyu '買' v 1; Kroll 2015 '買' 1, p. 292; Sun 2006, loc. 222; Unihan '買')
2. mǎi verb to bribe; to persuade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '買' 1b, p. 292; Unihan '買')
3. mǎi verb to contract to do; to hire
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '買' 1a, p. 292)
4. mǎi verb to seek after
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '買' v 2)
5. mǎi proper noun Mai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '買' n)

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• 买入(買入) to buy (finance)
• 买不起(買不起) cannot afford; can't afford buying
• 买官(買官) to buy a title; to use wealth to acquire office
• 牙买加胡椒(牙買加胡椒) Jamaican pepper; all-spice (Pimenta dioica)
• 千金难买(千金難買) can't be bought for one thousand in gold
• 一锤子买卖(一錘子買賣) a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
• 招兵买马(招兵買馬) recruit soldiers and buy horses ; to recruit staff for a business
• 买一送一(買一送一) buy one, get one free; two for the price of one
• 零买(零買) to buy detail; to buy one at a time
• 买价(買價) buying price
• 买办(買辦) comprador
• 买帐(買帳) to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative); to accept (a version of events)
• 博士买驴(博士買驢) the scholar buys a donkey; long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
• 代拿买特(代拿買特) dynamite
• 公买公卖(公買公賣) buying and selling at fair prices
• 买主(買主) a customer
• 买关节(買關節) to offer a bribe
• 证券柜台买卖中心(證券櫃檯買賣中心) GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
• 金钱不能买来幸福(金錢不能買來幸福) money can't buy happiness
• 批量购买(批量購買) to buy in bulk; bulk buying
• 寸金难买寸光阴(寸金難買寸光陰) An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time; Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious.
• 买空卖空(買空賣空) to speculate; to play the market; to sell hot air
• 买房(買房) to buy a house
• 招军买马(招軍買馬) recruit soldiers and buy horses ; to recruit staff for a business
• 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰) An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time.
• 买家(買家) buyer; client
• 买路钱(買路錢) money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll
• 贿买(賄買) to bribe
• 收买(收買) to purchase
• 买马招军(買馬招軍) buy horses and recruit soldiers ; to recruit staff for a business
• 买面子(買面子) to allow to save face; to defer to
• 买好(買好) to ingratiate oneself
• 做买卖(做買賣) to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal
• 买椟还珠(買櫝還珠) to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment
• 置买(置買) to purchase; to buy
• 买回(買回) to buy back; to redeem; repurchase
• 买空(買空) to buy on margin
• 买通(買通) to bribe
• 倒买倒卖(倒買倒賣) to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate
• 投机买卖(投機買賣) buying and selling on speculation
• 邀买人心(邀買人心) to buy popular support; to court favor
• 买春(買春) to visit a prostitute; to buy wine or drinks
• 买方(買方) buyer
• 买单(買單) to pay the restaurant bill
• 采买(採買) to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer
• 买票(買票) to buy tickets ; to buy votes (in an election)
• 买官卖官(買官賣官) buying and selling of official positions
• 买东西(買東西) to shop

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• 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 40
• 卷六十四上 嚴朱吾丘主父徐嚴終王賈傳 Volume 64a: an, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang and Jia 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 39
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
• 卷一百九十八 志第一百五十一 兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 32
• 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 24
• 卷一百八十二 志第一百三十五 食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 卷三百七十四 列傳第一百三十三 張九成 胡銓 廖剛 李迨 趙開 Volume 374 Biographies 133: Zhang Jiucheng, Hu Quan, Liao Gang, Li Dai, Zhao Kai History of Song 宋史 — count: 21

Collocations

• 买臣妾 (買臣妾) 卜有賣若買臣妾馬牛 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners — count: 21
• 买臣 (買臣) 侯青翟坐為丞相與長史朱買臣等逮御史大夫湯不直 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 12
• 石买 (石買) 衛石買帥師伐曹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 侯买 (侯買) 恭侯買元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 8
• 公子买 (公子買) 公子買戍衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 买元年 (買元年) 恭王買元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來諸侯王年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 7
• 贵买 (貴買) 故賤賣而貴買 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 6
• 君买 (君買) 莒人弒其君買朱鉏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 朱买 (朱買) 侯青翟坐為丞相與長史朱買臣等逮御史大夫湯不直 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 5
• 买戍 (買戍) 公子買戍衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4