收買

See also: 收买

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	buy
trad. (收買)		收	買
simp. (收买)		收	买

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōumǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄇㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ maai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-mâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-bóe / siu-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōumǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoumǎi
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-mai³
    • Yale: shōu-mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoumae
    • Palladius: шоумай (šoumaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ maai⁵
    • Yale: sāu máaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ maai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ mai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ maːi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-mâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ mai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ mai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ mai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: siu-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'boea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ bue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: siu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'bea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

Verb

收買

1. to buy; to purchase
2. to bribe

Synonyms

• (to buy): 收購／收购 (shōugòu)
• (to bribe): (figurative) 豢養／豢养 (huànyǎng)

Derived terms

• 收買佬／收买佬