採買

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	buy
trad. (採買)		採	買
simp. (采买)		采	买

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎimǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄇㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² maai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-bé / chhái-bóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎimǎi [Phonetic: cáimǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎimǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-mai³
    • Yale: tsǎi-mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaemae
    • Palladius: цаймай (cajmaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² maai⁵
    • Yale: chói máaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² maai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² mai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ maːi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-bé / chhái-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshái-bé / tshái-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'bea, zhay'boea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/, /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/, /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/

Verb

採買

1. to purchase; to buy

Synonyms

• 採購／采购 (cǎigòu)