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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