買賣

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See also: 买卖 and 売買

Chinese

buy sell
trad. (買賣) 買 賣
simp. (买卖) 买 卖
anagram 賣買／卖买

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bóe-bōe/bé-bē/bóe-bǒe - vernacular;
  • mái-māi - literary.
Rime
Character 買 賣
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 佳 (31) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 莫蟹切 莫懈切
Baxter meaX meaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠɛX/ /mˠɛH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚæX/ /mᵚæH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mæiX/ /mæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjX/ /maɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/mɛX/ /mɛH/
Wang
Li 		/maiX/ /maiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/maiX/ /maiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǎi mài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maai5 maai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 買 賣
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mǎi mài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ meaX › ‹ meaH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁrajʔ/ /*mˁrajʔ-s/
English buy sell

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 買 賣
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8727 8731
Phonetic
component 		買 買
Rime
group 		支 支
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		買 賣
Old
Chinese 		/*mreːʔ/ /*mreːs/

Noun

買賣

  1. buying and selling; business
    • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) et al., chapter 76, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 2, page 65:
      有賣的好弓麽 我店内若没有好弓 做甚麽買賣
      ᄋᆛ매디ᄒᅶ궁마 오뎐늬ᅀᅭ무ᄋᆛᄒᅶ궁 주셔마매매
      'iu mai di hao guq ma; 'o dien nyi zio mu 'iu hao guq; ju sie ma mai mai
      이ᇢ매디ᇹ하ᇢ귱뭐 ᅌᅥ뎜뉘ᅀᅣᇦ무ᇹ이ᇢ하ᇢ귱 주씸뭐매매
      'iw mai dix haw giuq mue; qe diem nui ziav mux 'iw haw giuq; ju ssim mue mai mai
      "Do you sell good bows?" "If my store did not have good bows, how could I do business?"
  2. transaction; deal
  3. shop

Synonyms

  • (buying and selling):
Dialectal synonyms of 生意 (“business; trade”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 生意, 買賣
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 買賣
Taiwan 生意
Harbin 買賣
Malaysia 生意
Singapore 生意
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 買兒賣兒, 買賣, 生意
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 買賣, 生意
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 買賣, 生意
Wanrong 買賣, 生意
Xi'an 買賣, 生意
Xining 生意, 買賣
Xuzhou 生意, 買賣
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 生意, 買賣
Lanzhou 買賣, 生意
Ürümqi 買賣, 生意
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 生意, 買賣
Wuhan 生意買賣, 生意, 買賣
Guiyang 生意, 買賣
Kunming 生意
Guilin 生意
Liuzhou 生意, 買賣
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 生意
Yangzhou 生意
Hefei 生意
Cantonese Guangzhou 生意
Hong Kong 生意
Macau 生意
Dongguan 生意
Yangjiang 生意
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 生意
Singapore (Guangfu) 生意
Gan Nanchang 生意
Lichuan 生意
Pingxiang 生意
Hakka Meixian 生理
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 生理
Wuhua (Huacheng) 生理
Wuhua (Changbu) 生理
Wuhua (Mianyang) 生理
Jiexi 生理
Luhe 生理
Yudu 生意
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 生理
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 生理
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 生理
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 生理
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 生理
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 生理
Huizhou Jixi 生意
Jin Taiyuan 生意, 買賣
Xinzhou 生意, 買賣
Northern Min Jian'ou 生意
Eastern Min Fuzhou 生意, 生理
Southern Min Xiamen 生理
Xiamen (Tong'an) 生理
Quanzhou 生理
Yongchun 生理
Zhangzhou 生理
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 生理
Zhao'an 生理
Dongshan 生理
Taipei 生理, 買賣
New Taipei (Sanxia) 生理, 買賣
Kaohsiung 生理, 買賣
Yilan 生理, 買賣
Changhua (Lukang) 生理, 買賣
Taichung 生理, 買賣
Tainan 生理, 買賣
Hsinchu 生理, 買賣
Kinmen 生理, 買賣
Penghu (Magong) 生理, 買賣
Penang (Hokkien) 生理
Singapore (Hokkien) 生理
Manila (Hokkien) 生理
Longyan 生理
Chaozhou 生理
Raoping 生理
Shantou 生理
Shantou (Chenghai) 生理
Jieyang 生理
Haifeng 生理
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 生理
Singapore (Teochew) 生理
Leizhou 商意
Wenchang 生意
Haikou 生意
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 生意
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 生意, 買賣
Wu Shanghai 生意, 買賣
Shanghai (Chongming) 生意
Suzhou 生意
Danyang 生意
Hangzhou 生意
Ningbo 生意
Wenzhou 生意
Jinhua 生意
Xiang Changsha 生意
Loudi 生意, 買賣
Shuangfeng 生意
  • (transaction): 交易 (jiāoyì)
  • (shop):

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