买
to buy; to purchase
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,111 U+4E70
How 买 is formed
How to remember it
buy · Heisig RSH #858
beret + bust
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 买 as their sound component
These characters all use 买 (mǎi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 买 sound component | mǎi | to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade |
| 卖 | mài | to sell; to betray; to show off |
| 荬 | mǎi | endive; sow-thistle |
Words containing 买
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 买方市场 | mǎi fāng shì chǎng | buyer's market |
| 买面子 | mǎi miàn zi | to allow sb to save face; to defer to |
| 要买人心 | yāo mǎi rén xīn | variant of 邀買人心|邀买人心[yao1 mai3 ren2 xin1] |
| 买东西 | mǎi dōng xi | to do one's shopping |
| 买不起 | mǎi bu qǐ | cannot afford; can't afford buying |
| 千金难买 | qiān jīn nán mǎi | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) |
| 公买公卖 | gōng mǎi gōng mài | buying and selling at fair prices |
| 买一送一 | mǎi yī sòng yī | buy one, get one free; two for the price of one |
| 买空卖空 | mǎi kōng mài kōng | to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a… |
| 买关节 | mǎi guān jié | to offer a bribe |
| 招兵买马 | zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ | lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); fig. to raise an army; to recruit new sta… |
| 买路钱 | mǎi lù qián | money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll; (old) paper money st… |
| 买家 | mǎi jiā | buyer; purchaser |
| 代拿买特 | dài ná mǎi tè | (loanword) dynamite |
| 牙买加 | Yá mǎi jiā | Jamaica |
| 买下 | mǎi xià | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) |
| 买主 | mǎi zhǔ | customer |
| 投机买卖 | tóu jī mǎi mài | to engage in speculative trading |
| 百思买 | Bǎi sī mǎi | Best Buy (retailer) |
| 买官卖官 | mǎi guān mài guān | buying and selling of official positions |