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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 mǎimai3to buy; to purchase
2买卖 買賣 mǎi màimai3 mai4buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers:
3买办 買辦 mǎi bànmai3 ban4comprador
4买到 買到 mǎi dàomai3 dao4bought
5买主 買主 mǎi zhǔmai3 zhu3customer
6买不起 買不起 mǎi bu mai3 bu5 qi3cannot afford; can't afford buying
7买春 買春 mǎi chūnmai3 chun1to visit a prostitute; (literary) to buy wine or drinks
8买单 買單 mǎi dānmai3 dan1to pay the restaurant bill
9买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng ximai3 dong1 xi5to do one's shopping
10买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎi huán zhūmai3 du2 huan2 zhu1to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment (idiom)
11买断 買斷 mǎi duànmai3 duan4to buy out; buyout; severance
12买方 買方 mǎi fāngmai3 fang1buyer (in contracts)
13买方市场 買方市場 mǎi fāng shì chǎngmai3 fang1 shi4 chang3buyer's market
14买房 買房 mǎi fángmai3 fang2to buy a house
15买官 買官 mǎi guānmai3 guan1to buy a title; to use wealth to acquire office
16买官沽爵 買官沽爵 mǎi guān juémai3 guan1 gu1 jue2to purchase an official position (idiom)
17买关节 買關節 mǎi guān jiémai3 guan1 jie2to offer a bribe
18买官卖官 買官賣官 mǎi guān mài guānmai3 guan1 mai4 guan1buying and selling of official positions
19买好 買好 mǎi hǎomai3 hao3to ingratiate oneself
20买回 買回 mǎi huímai3 hui2to buy back; to redeem; repurchase
21买家 買家 mǎi jiāmai3 jia1buyer; client
22买价 買價 mǎi jiàmai3 jia4buying price
23买进 買進 mǎi jìnmai3 jin4to purchase; to buy in (goods)
24买空 買空 mǎi kōngmai3 kong1to buy on margin (finance)
25买空卖空 買空賣空 mǎi kōng mài kōngmai3 kong1 mai4 kong1to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator
26买路财 買路財 mǎi cáimai3 lu4 cai2see 买路钱
27买路钱 買路錢 mǎi qiánmai3 lu4 qian2money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll; (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession
28买面子 買面子 mǎi miàn zimai3 mian4 zi5to allow sb to save face; to defer to
29买票 買票 mǎi piàomai3 piao4to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
30买入 買入 mǎi mai3 ru4to buy (finance)
31买餸 買餸 mǎi sòngmai3 song4to buy groceries (Cantonese)
32买通 買通 mǎi tōngmai3 tong1to bribe
33买笑追欢 買笑追歡 mǎi xiào zhuī huānmai3 xiao4 zhui1 huan1lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness; abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
34买一送一 買一送一 mǎi sòng mai3 yi1 song4 yi1buy one, get one free; two for the price of one
35买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàngmai3 zhang4variant of 买帐 ; to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative); to accept (a version of events); to buy it

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