| 買 | 683C10 41D.80-4 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄇㄞˇ [mai3] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To buy: 買雜物 buy sundries; 買地，房產 buy land, property; 買不起 cannot afford to buy; 買不了，不  ，不到，不來 cannot buy;買進 buy in (goods), opp. 賣出 sell out; 買方 the buying party in a contract; 買櫝還珠 buy casket without the jewels; 買菜求益 (LL) always want some more for the price; 買路錢 pay for protection on journey from robber gangs. (2) Pay bribe for: 買官，爵 pay bribe to obtain official post; 買上告下 bribe all the way through bureaucracy; 買關節 bribe the authorities concerned, see 買通 [mai3tong1]↓; 買囑 bribe official to order (s.t.). (3) Cater to: 買名，買譽 cater to publicity by sordid methods. (4) Pay for certain objects: 買笑 visit prostitutes (“pay for smiles ”); 買春，買醉 get a drinking spree; 買樂 pay for pleasures; 買人心 get people's support by money or political chicanery; 買臉 spend money to gain “face” (show-off); 買鄰 choose neighbors in buying land. (5) Hire: 買舟，櫂 hire a boat. | |||||
| Words | 1. 買辦 [mai3ban4], n., compradore, local chief for all local trade of foreign firms; formerly, supply master in coastal ships. 2. 買骨 [mai2gu3], v.t., make fervent quest for talent (allu.--if one could not find a thoroughbred, would be contented to buy its skeleton). 3. 買好 [mai2hao3], v.t., try to secure good will, friendship, etc. of (person); try to please (person). 4. 買主 [mai2zhu3], n., customer, buying party. 5. 買客 [mai3ke4], n., customer at shops. 6. 買空賣空 [mai3kong1mai4kong1], n. & v.i., speculate (-tion) on stock market, buy on margin. 7. 買賣 [mai3mai4], n. & v.i., trade, buying and selling; 做買賣的 a merchant; 買賣道兒 (地兒) the trade profession; 買賣人口 slave traffic, also white slave traffic. 8. 買山 [mai3shan1], v.i., (1) buy rural property; (2) live in retirement. 9. 買通 [mai3tong1], v.t., pay bribe to (s.o.). | |||||