Cantonese words starting with M

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endive; Sonchus brachyotus

to buy; to bribe; to bet; to kill

maai5 baan2 m4 zi1 deng6

買板唔知埞买板唔知埞

what the hell are you playing at?; to act recklessly [colloquial]

maai5 bat1 hei2

買不起买不起

literally: to go and buy biscuits

maai5 ceng1 miu4

買青苗买青苗

to profiteer; to exploit and take advantage of those in difficult circumstances

to visit a prostitute

maai5 cyun4 zung1

買全鐘买全钟

to pay to take night club hostess out of the night club [colloquial]

to bet on 'big' or 'over' in the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O

maai5 daai6 sai3

買大細买大细

to gamble at the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O

to pay the restaurant bill

buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decision cannot be reversed once the bet has been placed

maai5 ding6 lei4 sau2

買定離手买定离手

place your bets and hands off the table [colloquial]

maai5 duk6 waan4 zyu1

買櫝還珠买椟还珠

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside

maai5 dung1 sai1

買東西买东西

to do one's shopping

buyer (in contracts)

maai5 fong1 si5 coeng4

買方市場买方市场

maai5 fu1 zung1

買ｆｕｌｌ鐘买ｆｕｌｌ钟

to pay to take night club hostess out of the night club [colloquial]

buyer; purchaser

to buy an official title; to use wealth to acquire office

maai5 gun1 coi4 m4 zi1 ding6

買棺材唔知埞买棺材唔知埞

(don't know where to buy a coffin); to act recklessly

maai5 gun1 maai6 gun1

買官賣官买官卖官

buying and selling of official positions

maai5 gwaan1 zit3

買關節买关节

to offer a bribe

to take-over or purchase something with money; to kill someone by hiring an assassin

buying the shell corporation (for listing); back-door listing; reverse takeover; reverse merger; reverse IPO

to ingratiate oneself

maai5 hung1 maai6 hung1

買空賣空买空卖空

to speculate; (fig.) to sell hot air

to buy (finance)

shopping; to buy stuff

to bet that someone or something will win [written and colloquial]

買燕梳买燕梳

to buy insurance

to buy a property [written and colloquial]

maai5 lou6 cin4

買路錢买路钱

money, paid to bandits for passage

maai5 lou6 coi4

買路財买路财

see 買路錢|买路钱[mai3 lu4 qian2]

買面子买面子

to allow sb to save face

buy order (on the stock exchange)

'buying water', a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent

maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2

買少見少买少见少

scarce in supply (spoken)

maai5 siu3 zeoi1 fun1

買笑追歡买笑追欢

lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness

(verb) 1. To do groceries; 2. Buy some take out

to buy out; severance

to pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as care homes, education etc., often used by the government as a temporary measure to fill a shortage in public amenitites by buying places from private organizations)

to buy back; repurchase