买 (買)
mǎi
Pinyin

Definition

买 (買)
 - 
mǎi
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

荬
mǎi

Related Words (20)

买
mǎi
  1. 1 to buy
  2. 2 to purchase
买单
mǎi dān
  1. 1 to pay the restaurant bill
买家
mǎi jiā
  1. 1 buyer
  2. 2 client
买卖
mǎi mài
  1. 1 buying and selling
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 business transactions
  4. 4 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
购买
gòu mǎi
  1. 1 to purchase
  2. 2 to buy

Idioms (7)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lǘ
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff

Sample Sentences

她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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他小的时候，他妈叫他去买红糖，他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他，他摇摇头说：“红糖白糖不是差不多吗？”
tā xiǎo de shíhou ，tā mā jiào tā qù mǎi hóngtáng ，tā mǎi le báitáng huílai 。tā mā mà tā ，tā yáo yáotóu shuō ：“hóngtáng báitáng búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
When he was a child, his mother sent him out to buy some brown sugar. He came back with white sugar. His mother scolded him – but the young Mr. Chabuduo simply shook his head and said, “Brown sugar and white sugar! Are they not the same?”
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便利店“麻雀虽小，五脏俱全”。可以买东西、打印、或者是洗衣服。
biànlìdiàn “máquèsuīxiǎo,wǔzàngjùquán ”。kěyǐ mǎi dōngxi 、dǎyìn 、huòzhě shì xǐ yīfu 。
Convenience stores are small but they have everything. You can buy groceries, print, or even do the laundry.
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要买这个包还是那个？
yào mǎi zhège bāo háishi nàge ？
Do you want to buy this bag or that one?
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嗯我想买水果酒。
ēn wǒ xiǎng mǎi shuǐguǒjiǔ 。
Hmm...I want to buy fruit wine.
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也想买韩国米酒。
yě xiǎng mǎi Hánguó mǐjiǔ 。
And I also want to buy Korean rice wine.
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我想买一些高级的家具来搭配我高级的房子。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi yīxiē gāojí de jiājù lái dāpèi wǒ gāojí de fángzi 。
I want to buy some high level furniture which fits in my high level house.
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买东西
mǎi dōngxi
to buy things
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这家购物中心应有尽有。想要买什么，就有什么。有蔬菜、水果、名牌，还有各种不同的商品。
zhè jiā gòuwùzhōngxīn yīngyǒujìnyǒu 。xiǎngyào mǎi shénme ，jiù yǒu shénme 。yǒu shūcài 、shuǐguǒ 、míngpái ，háiyǒu gèzhǒng bùtóng de shāngpǐn 。
This shopping mall has everything that one expects to find. You name it, you have it. They have vegetables, fruits, branded goods and lots of other things.
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听说代买的服务不只包含食物，其他还有衣服、鞋子和潮牌。
tīngshuō dàimǎi de fúwù bù zhǐ bāohán shíwù ，qítā háiyǒu yīfu 、xiézi hé cháopái 。
I’ve heard that these shoppers can buy things other than food. They can buy clothes, shoes, and products from trendy brands as well.
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