Taxonomy of meanings for 買:　　

  • 買 mǎi (OC: mreeʔ MC: mɯæ) 莫蟹切 上 廣韻：【説文市也莫蟹切五 】
    • BUY
      • vt(oN)ombuy the contextually determinate thing
      • vt+prep+Nstativebe a buyer of, have bought
      • vtoNbuy, acquire (official positions) for money; go out to buy; try to buy; buy (a person from his employer)
      • vtoNfigurativeaquire by venal means 買譽
      • vtoNpassiveget bought
      • vttoN1.+N2buy something N2 for someone N1
      • vttoN1.+N2N2=pricebuy at a price
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2buy N1 from N2
    • EMPLOY
      • vtoNhire

    Additional information about 買

    說文解字:

      Criteria
    • SELL

      1. The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻 "trade in", as well as shòu 售 "get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

      2. Gū 沽 refers to the selling of mobile goods, and the word often refers specifically to the selling of wine.

      3. Tiào 糶 (ant. dí 糴 "buy rice abroad") refers specifically to selling rice abroad.

      4. Huò 貨 (ant. huò 貨 "buy wholesale"!!!) refers to selling any moveable goods on a large scale or wholesale.

      5. Gū 酤 refers specifically to the selling (or buying!) of wine.

    • BUY

      1. The most current and general word for buying is mǎi 買 (ant. mài 賣 "sell").

      2. Huò 貨 refers to buying as part of a larger business transaction, but the word is rare in this usage.

      3. Dí 糴 (ant. tiào 糶 "sell abroad") refers to buying from another country and importing, especially rice.

      4. Mào 貿 (ant. yù 鬻 "sell") refers to the professional trading in something.

      5. Gū 沽 / 酤 (ant. gū 沽／酤 "sell liquor"!!) refers specifically to buying wine.

      6. Shì 市 refers to going shopping for something, to buying something in the market.

      Word relations
    • Conv: (BUY)鬻 / 粥/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").
    • Conv: (BUY)賣/SELL The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻"trade in", as well as shòu 售"get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").