| 1 | 买 | 買 | mǎi | mai3 | to buy; to purchase | | |
| 2 | 购买 | 購買 | gòu mǎi | gou4 mai3 | to purchase; to buy | | |
| 3 | 买卖 | 買賣 | mǎi mài | mai3 mai4 | buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩 | | |
| 4 | 购买力 | 購買力 | gòu mǎi lì | gou4 mai3 li4 | purchasing power | | |
| 5 | 买办 | 買辦 | mǎi bàn | mai3 ban4 | comprador | | |
| 6 | 买到 | 買到 | mǎi dào | mai3 dao4 | bought | | |
| 7 | 收买 | 收買 | shōu mǎi | shou1 mai3 | to purchase; to bribe | | |
| 8 | 买主 | 買主 | mǎi zhǔ | mai3 zhu3 | customer | | |
| 9 | 照买不误 | 照買不誤 | zhào mǎi bù wù | zhao4 mai3 bu4 wu4 | to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc) | | |
| 10 | 均买均卖 | 均買均賣 | jūn mǎi jūn mài | jun1 mai3 jun1 mai4 | fair dealing in business (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 买点儿 | 買點兒 | mǎi diǎn ér | mai3 dian3 er2 | Buy some | | |
| 12 | 买点 | 買點 | mǎi diǎn | mai3 dian3 | Buy a point | | |
| 13 | 买单 | 買單 | mǎi dān | mai3 dan1 | to pay the restaurant bill | | |
| 14 | 买车票 | 買車票 | mǎi chē piào | mai3 che1 piao4 | Buy tickets | | |
| 15 | 买菜 | 買菜 | mǎi cài | mai3 cai4 | Grocery shopping | | |
| 16 | 买不起 | 買不起 | mǎi bu qǐ | mai3 bu5 qi3 | cannot afford; can't afford buying | | |
| 17 | 金钱不能买来幸福 | 金錢不能買來幸福 | jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú | jin1 qian2 bu4 neng2 mai3 lai2 xing4 fu2 | money can't buy happiness | | |
| 18 | 贿买 | 賄買 | huì mǎi | hui4 mai3 | to bribe; bribery | | |
| 19 | 购买者 | 購買者 | gòu mǎi zhě | gou4 mai3 zhe3 | purchaser | | |
| 20 | 做买卖 | 做買賣 | zuò mǎi mài | zuo4 mai3 mai4 | to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal | | |
| 21 | 倒买倒卖 | 倒買倒賣 | dǎo mǎi dǎo mài | dao3 mai3 dao3 mai4 | to buy and sell at a profit; to speculate | | |
| 22 | 代拿买特 | 代拿買特 | dài ná mǎi tè | dai4 na2 mai3 te4 | dynamite (loanword) | | |
| 23 | 寸金难买寸光阴 | 寸金難買寸光陰 | cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn | cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1 yin1 | An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious. | | |
| 24 | 采买 | 採買 | cǎi mǎi | cai3 mai3 | to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer | | |
| 25 | 不买账 | 不買賬 | bù mǎi zhàng | bu4 mai3 zhang4 | not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior; not to believe sth; don't buy it (slang) | | |