買〔买〕 maai⁵ {mǎi}

1. to buy
2. to purchase

買定〔买-〕 maai⁵ ding⁶ {mǎi dìng}

buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decision cannot be reversed once the bet has been placed

買起〔买-〕 maai⁵ hei² {mǎi qǐ}

to take-over or purchase something with money; to kill someone by hiring an assassin

買殼〔买壳〕 maai⁵ hok³ {mǎi ké}

buying the shell corporation (for listing); back-door listing; reverse takeover; reverse merger; reverse IPO

買嘢〔买-〕 maai⁵ je⁵ {mǎi yě}

shopping; to buy stuff

買賣〔买卖〕 maai⁵ maai⁶ {mǎi mài}

trading

買盤〔买盘〕 maai⁵ pun⁴ {mǎi pán}

buy order (on the stock exchange)

買手〔买-〕 maai⁵ sau² {mǎi shǒu}

buyer

買水〔买-〕 maai⁵ seoi² {mǎi shuǐ}

'buying water', a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent

買餸〔买-〕 maai⁵ sung³ {mǎisòng}

(verb) 1. To do groceries; 2. Buy some take out

買位〔买-〕 maai⁵ wai² {mǎi wèi}

to pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as care homes, education etc., often used by the government as a temporary measure to fill a shortage in public amenitites by buying places from private organizations)

買辦〔买办〕 maai⁵ baan⁶ {mǎi bàn}

comprador

買春〔买-〕 maai⁵ ceon¹ {mǎi chūn}

to buy wine or drinks

買單〔买单〕 maai⁵ daan¹ {mǎi dān}

to pay the restaurant bill

買方〔买-〕 maai⁵ fong¹ {mǎi fāng}

buyer (in contracts)

買房〔买-〕 maai⁵ fong⁴ {mǎi fáng}

to buy a house

買家〔买-〕 maai⁵ gaa¹ {mǎi jiā}

1. buyer
2. client

買價〔买价〕 maai⁵ gaa³ {mǎi jià}

buying price

買官〔买-〕 maai⁵ gun¹ {mǎi guān}

1. to buy a title
2. to use wealth to acquire office

買好〔买-〕 maai⁵ hou² {mǎi hǎo}

to ingratiate oneself

買入〔买-〕 maai⁵ jap⁶ {mǎi rù}

to buy (finance)

買賣〔买卖〕 maai⁵ maai⁶ {mǎi mài}

1. buying and selling
2. business
3. business transactions
4. CL: 樁,次

買餸〔买-〕 maai⁵ sung³ {mǎi sòng}

to buy groceries (Cantonese)

買通〔买-〕 maai⁵ tung¹ {mǎi tōng}

to bribe

買斷〔买断〕 maai⁵ tyun⁵ {mǎi duàn}

1. to buy out
2. buyout
3. severance

買回〔买-〕 maai⁵ wui⁴ {mǎi huí}

1. to buy back
2. to redeem
3. repurchase

買進〔买进〕 maai⁵ zeon³ {mǎi jìn}

1. to purchase
2. to buy in (goods)

買帳〔买帐〕 maai⁵ zoeng³ {mǎi zhàng}

to show respect (for sb)

買賬〔买账〕 maai⁵ zoeng³ {mǎi zhàng}

1. to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
2. to accept (a version of events)
3. to buy it (slang)

買主〔买-〕 maai⁵ zyu² {mǎi zhǔ}

customer

買青苗〔买--〕 maai⁵ ceng¹ miu⁴ {mǎi qīng miáo}

to profiteer; to exploit and take advantage of those in difficult circumstances / suffering from hardship in order to gain benefits by unfair means, usually to describe profiteers who take advantage of farmers during hard times to prepay for future crops from them at an unreasonably low price, which is effectively loan sharking in disguise

買燕梳〔买--〕 maai⁵ jin³ so¹ {mǎi yàn shū}

to buy insurance

買路錢〔买-钱〕 maai⁵ lou⁶ cin⁴ {mǎi lù qián}

money, paid to bandits for passage

買不起〔买--〕 maai⁵ bat¹ hei² {mǎi bu qǐ}

1. cannot afford
2. can't afford buying

買東西〔买东-〕 maai⁵ dung¹ sai¹ {mǎi dōng xi}

to do one's shopping

買關節〔买关节〕 maai⁵ gwaan¹ zit³ {mǎi guān jié}

to offer a bribe

買路錢〔买-钱〕 maai⁵ lou⁶ cin⁴ {mǎi lù qián}

1. money extorted as a right of passage
2. illegal toll
3. (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession

買面子〔买--〕 maai⁵ min⁶ zi² {mǎi miàn zi}

1. to allow sb to save face
2. to defer to

買少見少〔买-见-〕 maai⁵ siu² gin³ siu² {mǎi shǎo jiàn shǎo}

scarce in supply (spoken)

買櫝還珠〔买椟还-〕 maai⁵ duk⁶ waan⁴ zyu¹ {mǎi dú huán zhū}

1. to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
2. to show poor judgement (idiom)

買方市場〔买--场〕 maai⁵ fong¹ si⁵ coeng⁴ {mǎi fāng shì chǎng}

buyer's market

買官賣官〔买-卖-〕 maai⁵ gun¹ maai⁶ gun¹ {mǎi guān mài guān}

buying and selling of official positions

買空賣空〔买-卖-〕 maai⁵ hung¹ maai⁶ hung¹ {mǎi kōng mài kōng}

1. to buy and sell short (i.e. without paying cash)
2. to speculate

買笑追歡〔买--欢〕 maai⁵ siu³ zeoi¹ fun¹ {mǎi xiào zhuī huān}

1. lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
2. abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

買棺材唔知埞〔买-----〕 maai⁵ gun¹ coi⁴ m⁴ zi¹ ding⁶ {mǎi guān cai ń zhī dī}

(don't know where to buy a coffin); to act recklessly