買通

Chinese

		buy	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (買通)		買	通
simp. (买通)		买	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎitōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ tung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-thong / mái-thong / bóe-thong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎitōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎitong
    • Wade–Giles: mai³-tʻung¹
    • Yale: mǎi-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maetong
    • Palladius: майтун (majtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁵ tung¹
    • Yale: máaih tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-thong
    • Tâi-lô: bé-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beftofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mái-thong
    • Tâi-lô: mái-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may'tofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-thong
    • Tâi-lô: bué-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boeftofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

買通

1. to bribe; to buy over; to buy off