采买
cǎi mǎi
Pinyin

Definition

采买
 - 
cǎi mǎi
  1. to purchase
  2. to buy
  3. to do one's shopping
  4. purchasing agent
  5. buyer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

买
mǎi
  1. 1 to buy
  2. 2 to purchase
采
cǎi
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to pluck
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to select
  5. 5 to choose
  6. 6 to gather
采取
cǎi qǔ
  1. 1 to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
  2. 2 to take
采摘
cǎi zhāi
  1. 1 to pluck
  2. 2 to pick
采用
cǎi yòng
  1. 1 to adopt
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to use
采访
cǎi fǎng
  1. 1 to interview
  2. 2 to gather news
  3. 3 to hunt for and collect
  4. 4 to cover
采购
cǎi gòu
  1. 1 to procure (for an enterprise etc)
  2. 2 to purchase
买单
mǎi dān
  1. 1 to pay the restaurant bill
买好
mǎi hǎo
  1. 1 to ingratiate oneself
买家
mǎi jiā
  1. 1 buyer
  2. 2 client
买票
mǎi piào
  1. 1 to buy tickets
  2. 2 (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
买卖
mǎi mài
  1. 1 buying and selling
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 business transactions
  4. 4 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]
购买
gòu mǎi
  1. 1 to purchase
  2. 2 to buy
可采
kě cǎi
  1. 1 (mining) recoverable
  2. 2 workable
孟买
Mèng mǎi
  1. 1 Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
尼采
Ní cǎi
  1. 1 Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1900), German philosopher
应采儿
Yīng Cǎi ér
  1. 1 Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983-), actress
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
采光
cǎi guāng
  1. 1 lighting
  2. 2 day lighting
采出
cǎi chū
  1. 1 to extract
  2. 2 to mine

Idioms (8)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
采兰赠芍
cǎi lán zèng sháo
  1. 1 lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers
买椟还珠
mǎi dú huán zhū
  1. 1 to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
  2. 2 to show poor judgment (idiom)
买笑追欢
mǎi xiào zhuī huān
  1. 1 lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness
  2. 2 abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

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