"buy" meaning in Chinese

See buy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /paːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /paːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: baai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bāai [Cantonese, Yale], baai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English buy. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|buy}} English buy Head templates: {{zh-verb}} buy
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to accept (an idea) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-buy-zh-verb-o5LXDPbl Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 3 9 1 7 1 1 2 1 3 23 22 0 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 3 11 1 9 1 1 1 1 4 21 20 0 13
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  "etymology_text": "From English buy.",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Shut up. I'm not buying your [suggestion].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong Cantonese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2001, 尋秦記 [A Step into the Past], episode 1, spoken by 麥偉健 (麥長青 [Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching]):",
          "roman": "sau¹ seng¹ aa³, ngo⁵ m⁴ baai¹ nei⁵ aa³.",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "收聲呀,我唔buy你呀。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Shut up. I'm not buying your [suggestion].",
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            "Hong Kong Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
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          "roman": "sau¹ seng¹ aa³, ngo⁵ m⁴ baai¹ nei⁵ aa³.",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "收声呀,我唔buy你呀。",
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        "to accept (an idea)"
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          "accept",
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          "idea",
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to accept (an idea)"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baai¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːi̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
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}
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  "etymology_text": "From English buy.",
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        {
          "english": "Shut up. I'm not buying your [suggestion].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong Cantonese",
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          ],
          "ref": "2001, 尋秦記 [A Step into the Past], episode 1, spoken by 麥偉健 (麥長青 [Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching]):",
          "roman": "sau¹ seng¹ aa³, ngo⁵ m⁴ baai¹ nei⁵ aa³.",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "收聲呀,我唔buy你呀。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Shut up. I'm not buying your [suggestion].",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Hong Kong Cantonese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": "2001, 尋秦記 [A Step into the Past], episode 1, spoken by 麥偉健 (麥長青 [Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching]):",
          "roman": "sau¹ seng¹ aa³, ngo⁵ m⁴ baai¹ nei⁵ aa³.",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping"
          ],
          "text": "收声呀,我唔buy你呀。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to accept (an idea)"
      ],
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to accept (an idea)"
      ],
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      "zh-pron": "bāai"
    },
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "baai¹"
    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai¹"
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buy"
}

Download raw JSONL data for buy meaning in Chinese (2.1kB)

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