"(old) to buy" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
打勾	dǎ gōu	to check / to tick / (old) to buy

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
收买收買	shōu mǎi	to purchase / to buy / to bribe / to buy off	syn
买票買票	mǎi piào	to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
补票補票	bǔ piào	to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater
寸金难买寸光阴寸金難買寸光陰	cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn	An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
打酱油打醬油	dǎ jiàng yóu	to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")
回购设施回購設施	huí gòu shè shī	buy-back facility / buy-back centre
回购中心回購中心		buy-back facility / buy-back centre
零买零買	líng mǎi	to buy detail / to buy one at a time
旧账舊賬	jiù zhàng	lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账老賬	lǎo zhàng	lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老牌	lǎo pái	old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran	syn
卿	qīng	high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old)	syn
老娘	lǎo niáng	my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife	syn
老不死	lǎo bù sǐ	(derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧念舊	niàn jiù	to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake	syn
故道	gù dào	old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲	jiǎ	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°	syn
童叟无欺童叟無欺	tóng sǒu wú qī	cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.	syn
翻老账翻老賬	fān lǎo zhàng	to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账翻舊賬	fān jiù zhàng	to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺老少無欺	lǎo shào wú qī	cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.	syn
旧病复发舊病復發	jiù bìng fù fā	old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem	syn
购买購買	gòu mǎi	to purchase / to buy	syn
收购收購	shōu gòu	to buy / to purchase / to procure	syn
买卖買賣	mǎi mài	to buy and sell	syn
酒吧	jiǔ bā	bar (place to buy drinks) / CL:家[jia1]	syn
选购選購	xuǎn gòu	to select and purchase / to buy	syn
买房買房	mǎi fáng	to buy a house
入手	rù shǒu	to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從\|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun} / to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive / to obtain / to buy	syn
团长團長	tuán zhǎng	regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer / group-buying coordinator
置业置業	zhì yè	to buy real estate	syn
买入買入	mǎi rù	to buy (finance)	syn
按揭	àn jiē	a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage
抢购搶購	qiǎng gòu	to buy frenetically / to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
回购回購	huí gòu	buyback / repurchase / to buy back
买进買進	mǎi jìn	to purchase / to buy in (goods)	syn
申购申購	shēn gòu	to ask to buy / to bid for purchase
买菜買菜	mǎi cài	to buy groceries
代购代購	dài gòu	to buy (on behalf of sb)
买断買斷	mǎi duàn	to buy out / buyout / severance	syn
买回買回	mǎi huí	to buy back / to redeem / repurchase
添置	tiān zhì	to buy / to acquire / to add to one's possessions
赎罪贖罪	shú zuì	to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
股票投资股票投資	gǔ piào tóu zī	to invest in stock / to buy shares
招兵买马招兵買馬	zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ	lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff	syn
竞购競購	jìng gòu	to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction)
哄抢哄搶	hōng qiǎng	to panic buy / to loot	syn
做买卖做買賣	zuò mǎi mài	to buy and sell / to do business / to trade / to deal
买一送一買一送一	mǎi yī sòng yī	buy one, get one free / two for the price of one
置办置辦	zhì bàn	to purchase / to buy	syn
贿选賄選	huì xuǎn	to buy votes (in an election)	syn
买春買春	mǎi chūn	to visit a prostitute / (literary) to buy wine or drinks
不买账不買賬	bù mǎi zhàng	not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang)
采买採買	cǎi mǎi	to purchase / to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent / buyer
采办採辦	cǎi bàn	to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up	syn
百思买百思買	bǎi sī mǎi	Best Buy (retailer)
赊账賒賬	shē zhàng	to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account	syn
赊欠賒欠	shē qiàn	to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account	syn
买帐買帳	mǎi zhàng	to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it	syn
置	zhì	to install / to place / to put / to buy	syn
倒买倒卖倒買倒賣	dǎo mǎi dǎo mài	to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
买買	mǎi	to buy / to purchase	syn
赊购賒購	shē gòu	to buy on credit / to delay payment
购購	gòu	to buy / to purchase	syn
贾賈	gǔ	merchant / to buy	syn
贩販	fàn	to deal in / to buy and sell / to trade in / to retail / to peddle	syn
沽	gū	to buy / to sell	syn
赊賒	shē	to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive	syn
籴糴	dí	to buy up (grain)
贳貰	shì	to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out	syn
封官许愿封官許願	fēng guān xǔ yuàn	to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
买椟还珠買櫝還珠	mǎi dú huán zhū	to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)	syn
买笑追欢買笑追歡	mǎi xiào zhuī huān	lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
郑人买履鄭人買履	zhèng rén mǎi lǚ	lit. the person from Zheng 鄭\|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
包园儿包園兒	bāo yuán r	buy the whole lot / finish up or off
倒腾倒騰	dǎo teng	to move / to shift / to exchange / to buy and sell / peddling	syn
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰	yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn	lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious
供房	gōng fáng	to buy a house on a mortgage / house mortgage
倒弄	dǎo nong	to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
包圆儿包圓兒	bāo yuán r	to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining	syn
套购套購	tào gòu	a fraudulent purchase / to buy up sth illegally
强买强卖強買強賣	qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài	to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion
应市應市	yìng shì	to respond to the market / to buy or sell according to market conditions
打趸儿打躉兒	dǎ dǔn r	to buy wholesale
打酒	dǎ jiǔ	to buy liquor
批量购买批量購買	pī liàng gòu mǎi	to buy in bulk / bulk buying
盘店盤店	pán diàn	to buy a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets / to sell a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets	syn
置买置買	zhì mǎi	to purchase / to buy (usu. real estate)
买官買官	mǎi guān	to buy an official title / to use wealth to acquire office
买餸買餸	mǎi sòng	to buy groceries (Cantonese)
车奴車奴	chē nú	car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
金钱不能买来幸福金錢不能買來幸福	jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú	money can't buy happiness
金钱非万能金錢非萬能	jīn qián fēi wàn néng	money is not omnipotent / money isn't everything / money can't buy you love
补购	bǔ gòu	buy-in
火器回购方桉火器回購方案		Firearms Buy-Back Programme
杀进杀出殺進殺出	shā jìn shā chū	to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
无壳蜗牛無殼蝸牛	wú ké wō niú	fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
邀买人心邀買人心	yāo mǎi rén xīn	to buy popular support / to court favor
捣腾搗騰	dǎo téng	to buy and sell / peddling

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"(old) to buy" Chinese-English Dictionary

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