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"to buy groceries" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries
买餸 買餸 mǎi sòng to buy groceries (Cantonese)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
酒吧 jiǔ bā bar (place to buy drinks) / CL:家[jia1] syn
买卖 買賣 mǎi mài to buy and sell syn
购买 購買 gòu mǎi to purchase / to buy syn
收买 收買 shōu mǎi to purchase / to buy / to bribe / to buy off syn
赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
收购 收購 shōu gòu to buy / to purchase / to procure syn
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
买进 買進 mǎi jìn to purchase / to buy in (goods) syn
买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house
杂货 雜貨 zá huò groceries / miscellaneous goods 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)
选购 選購 xuǎn gòu to select and purchase / to buy syn
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)
置办 置辦 zhì bàn to purchase / to buy syn
添置 tiān zhì to buy / to acquire / to add to one's possessions
买入 買入 mǎi rù to buy (finance) syn
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
置业 置業 zhì yè to buy real estate syn
申购 申購 shēn gòu to ask to buy / to bid for purchase
买断 買斷 mǎi duàn to buy out / buyout / severance syn
哄抢 哄搶 hōng qiǎng to panic buy / to loot syn
代购 代購 dài gòu to buy (on behalf of sb)
采买 採買 cǎi mǎi to purchase / to buy / to do one's shopping / purchasing agent / buyer
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
回购 回購 huí gòu buyback / repurchase / to buy back
买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets / (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
买回 買回 mǎi huí to buy back / to redeem / repurchase
股票投资 股票投資 gǔ piào tóu zī to invest in stock / to buy shares
竞购 競購 jìng gòu to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction)
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
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
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)
买 買 mǎi to buy / to purchase syn
置 zhì to install / to place / to put / to buy syn
贾 賈 gǔ merchant / to buy syn
购 購 gòu to buy / to purchase syn
贩 販 fàn to deal in / to buy and sell / to trade in / to retail / to peddle syn
赊账 賒賬 shē zhàng to buy or sell on credit / outstanding account / to have an outstanding account syn
赊 賒 shē to buy or sell on credit / distant / long (time) / to forgive syn
沽 gū to buy / to sell syn
倒买倒卖 倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment
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
籴 糴 dí to buy up (grain)
贳 貰 shì to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out syn
倒腾 倒騰 dǎo teng to move / to shift / to exchange / to buy and sell / peddling syn
打酒 dǎ jiǔ to buy liquor
强买强卖 強買強賣 qiǎng mǎi qiǎng mài to force sb to buy or sell / to trade using coercion
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
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
餸 sòng side dish / groceries (Cantonese)
商超 shāng chāo superstore – a hybrid retail format combining department store 商場|商场[shang1 chang3] (branded goods) and supermarket 超市[chao1 shi4] (self-service groceries)
包园儿 包園兒 bāo yuán r buy the whole lot / finish up or off
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
应市 應市 yìng shì to respond to the market / to buy or sell according to market conditions
打勾 dǎ gōu to check / to tick / (old) to buy
打趸儿 打躉兒 dǎ dǔn r to buy wholesale
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
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
绑桩 綁樁 bǎng zhuāng (Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)
买空 買空 mǎi kōng to buy on margin (finance)
佛系 fó xì (neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
扶弟魔 fú dì mó (coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔[Fu2 di4 mo2]) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)
争取时间 爭取時間 zhēng qǔ shí jiān to act with urgency / to buy time
接盘 接盤 jiē pán (of an entrepreneur) to buy up a struggling business / (finance) to snap up shares sold off by others / (neologism) (slang) to take as a girlfriend a woman who was dumped by her ex for sleeping around
搭售 dā shòu to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want) / to sell on a tie-in basis
限购 限購 xiàn gòu to limit the amount a customer can buy
顶盘 頂盤 dǐng pán to buy a struggling business and keep it going / to take over a business
加购 加購 jiā gòu to buy (sth extra) / to make an additional purchase
差生文具多 chà shēng wén jù duō (neologism c. 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery / (fig.) all the gear and no idea
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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