买

See also mai, and 買

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 買 (買 → 买)

Han character

买 (radical 5 乙+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜大 (NYK), composition ⿱乛头)

1. buy, purchase
2. bribe, persuade

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 84, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 53, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4E70

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Cantonese

Hanzi

买 (traditional 買, jyutping maai5, Yale maai5)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

买 (traditional 買, pinyin mǎi (mai3), Wade-Giles mai³)

Verb

买 (simplified, Pinyin mǎi, traditional 買)

1. to buy, to purchase

Compounds

买办 买不到 买不了 买不起 买不着 买单 买椟还珠

买方 买关节 买好, 买好儿 买价, 买价儿 买进 买空卖空 买卖

买卖婚姻 买卖人 买面子 买通 买账 买主 买醉