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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[mǎi]
  1. 1. verb [购买] buy
    她爱贵的衣服。
    She liked to buy expensive clothes.
    不是每个人都得起房。
    Not everyone can afford to buy a flat.
    我去市场东西。
    I'm going shopping in the market.
  2. 2. verb [换取] win … over
    民心
    win people over
    buy off

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[mǎi]
  1. 1. verb buy; purchase; get;pay for
    我家了台彩电。
    We've bought a colour TV set.
    东西
    buy things; go shopping
    太贵了,不起。
    It's too expensive. I can't afford it.
    三块钱两个。
    Three yuan will buy two pieces.
    这是人家送的,不是的。
    It is a present, not a purchase.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[mǎi]
  1. 1. 用货币换取实物;购进
    房子
    主。
  2. 2. 用金钱或其他手段拉拢
    人心
    通。

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卖,和气生财。
Do business with a smile, and you'll make a pile.
了吗? —没
Did you buy it? —No, I didn't.
我们经常去帮助村里的孤老打扫卫生,面。
We often go and help lonely old people do the cleaning and buy rice and flour for them.
他的后爸对他很好,经常给他那的。
His stepfather treats him well and often buys him small gifts.
她喜欢超市的盘儿菜,但她的妈妈总说太贵了,不如去菜市场菜。
She likes to buy ready-to-cook dishes from the supermarket, but her mom always says they are too expensive, she would rather buy them in the food market.
这种电话卡一送一,你一张吧。
You can get another card for free if you buy one, why not buy one?
你想,那就吧。
If you want to buy it, then buy it.
这是八折的。
This was bought at 20 per cent discount.
我可以当采
I can handle the purchasing job. or I can do all the purchasing for the occasion.
上街
go to the market to buy food

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