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 批发商 批發商 pī fā shāng a wholesale business / distributor 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 批发 批發 pī fā wholesale / bulk trade / distribution syn 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 批发价 批發價 pī fā jià wholesale price 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) 买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries 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 量贩式 量販式 liàng fàn shì at wholesale price 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 趸 躉 dǔn wholesale 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 批发业 批發業 pī fā yè wholesale business / bulk trade 粮栈 糧棧 liáng zhàn wholesale grain store 趸售 躉售 dǔn shòu to sell wholesale syn 趸批 躉批 dǔn pī wholesale 趸卖 躉賣 dǔn mài to sell wholesale 量贩店 量販店 liàng fàn diàn wholesale store / hypermarket 国际批发贸易中心 國際批發貿易中心 International Centre for Wholesale Trade 批发贷款机构 批發貸款機構 wholesale lending institution 批发贷款人 批發貸款人 wholesale lender 平均批发价格 平均批發價格 average wholesale price 批价 批價 pī jià wholesale price / to settle an account / to pay a bill 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 尸山血海 屍山血海 shī shān - xuè hǎi lit. mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom) / fig. a scene of wholesale slaughter 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 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 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 