| 買 | [ maǐ ] to buy, to purchase |
| 買一送一 | [ maǐ yī sòng yī ] buy one, get one free, two for the price of one |
| 買不起 | [ maǐ bu qǐ ] cannot afford, can't afford buying |
| 買主 | [ maǐ zhǔ ] customer |
| 買了佛冷 | [ maǐ le fó lěng ] (Internet slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics "I love Poland" that became a catchphrase in 2018 |
| 買價 | [ maǐ jià ] buying price |
| 買入 | [ maǐ rù ] to buy (finance) |
| 買單 | [ maǐ dān ] to pay the restaurant bill |
| 買回 | [ maǐ huí ] to buy back, to redeem, repurchase |
| 買好 | [ maǐ haǒ ] to ingratiate oneself |
| 買官 | [ maǐ guān ] to buy a title, to use wealth to acquire office |
| 買官賣官 | [ maǐ guān maì guān ] buying and selling of official positions |
| 買家 | [ maǐ jiā ] buyer, client |
| 買帳 | [ maǐ zhàng ] to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative), to accept (a version of events), to buy it |
| 買房 | [ maǐ fáng ] to buy a house |
| 買斷 | [ maǐ duàn ] to buy out, buyout, severance |
| 買方 | [ maǐ fāng ] buyer (in contracts) |
| 買方市場 | [ maǐ fāng shì chǎng ] buyer's market |
| 買春 | [ maǐ chūn ] to visit a prostitute, (literary) to buy wine or drinks |
| 買東西 | [ maǐ dōng xi ] to do one's shopping |
| 買櫝還珠 | [ maǐ dú huán zhū ] to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside, to show poor judgment (idiom) |
| 買票 | [ maǐ ] to buy tickets, (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) |
| 買空 | [ maǐ kōng ] to buy on margin (finance) |
| 買空賣空 | [ maǐ kōng maì kōng ] to speculate, to play the market, (fig.) to sell hot air, to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator |
| 買笑追歡 | [ maǐ zhuī huān ] lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness, abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom) |
| 買賣 | [ maǐ maì ] buying and selling, business, business transactions, CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] |
| 買賬 | [ maǐ zhàng ] variant of 買帳|买帐[mai3 zhang4] |
| 買路財 | [ maǐ lù caí ] see 買路錢|买路钱[mai3 lu4 qian2] |
| 買路錢 | [ maǐ lù qián ] money extorted as a right of passage, illegal toll, (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession |
| 買辦 | [ maǐ bàn ] comprador |
| 買通 | [ maǐ tōng ] to bribe |
| 買進 | [ maǐ jìn ] to purchase, to buy in (goods) |
| 買關節 | [ maǐ guān jié ] to offer a bribe |
| 買面子 | [ maǐ miàn zi ] to allow sb to save face, to defer to |
| ⇒ 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 | [ yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn cùn jīn nán maǐ cùn guāng yīn ] lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom), fig. Time is precious and must be treasured. |
| ⇒ 一錘子買賣 | [ yī chuí zi maǐ maì ] a one-off, short-sighted deal, a one-shot, all-out attempt |
| ⇒ 代拿買特 | [ daì ná maǐ tè ] dynamite (loanword) |
| ⇒ 倒買倒賣 | [ daǒ maǐ daǒ maì ] to buy and sell at a profit, to speculate |
| ⇒ 做買賣 | [ zuò maǐ maì ] to buy and sell, to do business, to trade, to deal |
| ⇒ 公買公賣 | [ gōng maǐ gōng maì ] buying and selling at fair prices |
| ⇒ 千金難買 | [ qiān jīn nán maǐ ] can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) |
| ⇒ 博士買驢 | [ bó shì maǐ lǘ ] lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point, idiom mocking scholastic pomposity |
| ⇒ 孟買 | [ mèng maǐ ] Mumbai (formerly Bombay) |
| ⇒ 寸金難買寸光陰 | [ cùn jīn nán maǐ cùn guāng yīn ] An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time., Time is precious. |
| ⇒ 強買強賣 | [ qiǎng maǐ qiǎng maì ] to force sb to buy or sell, to trade using coercion |
| ⇒ 批量購買 | [ pī liàng goù maǐ ] to buy in bulk, bulk buying |
| ⇒ 投機買賣 | [ toú jī maǐ maì ] buying and selling on speculation |
| ⇒ 招兵買馬 | [ zhaō bīng maǐ mǎ ] to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army, fig. to expand business, to recruit new staff |
| ⇒ 採買 | [ caǐ maǐ ] to purchase, to buy, to do one's shopping, purchasing agent, buyer |
| ⇒ 收買 | [ shoū maǐ ] to purchase, to bribe |
| ⇒ 照買不誤 | [ zhaò maǐ bù wù ] to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc) |
| ⇒ 牙買加 | [ yá maǐ jiā ] Jamaica |
| ⇒ 牙買加胡椒 | [ yá maǐ jiā hú ] Jamaican pepper, all-spice (Pimenta dioica) |
| ⇒ 百思買 | [ baǐ sī maǐ ] Best Buy (retailer) |
| ⇒ 置買 | [ zhì maǐ ] to purchase, to buy (usu. real estate) |
| ⇒ 要買人心 | [ yaō maǐ rén xīn ] variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1] |
| ⇒ 證券櫃檯買賣中心 | [ zhèng quàn guì taí maǐ maì zhōng xīn ] GreTai Securities Market (GTSM) |
| ⇒ 賄買 | [ huì maǐ ] to bribe, bribery |
| ⇒ 購買 | [ goù maǐ ] to purchase, to buy |
| ⇒ 購買力 | [ goù maǐ lì ] purchasing power |
| ⇒ 購買者 | [ goù maǐ zhě ] purchaser |
| ⇒ 邀買人心 | [ yaō maǐ rén xīn ] to buy popular support, to court favor |
| ⇒ 金錢不能買來幸福 | [ jīn qián bù néng maǐ laí xìng fú ] money can't buy happiness |
| ⇒ 零買 | [ líng maǐ ] to buy detail, to buy one at a time |