# 買賣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mǎimài
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄞˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мэмэ (meme, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maai$^5$ maai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâi-mai
* Jin (Wiktionary): mai$^2$ mai$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bóe-bōe / bé-bē / bóe-bǒe / mái-māi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi$^2$ bhoi$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ma-ma
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǎimài → mǎimai (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄞˋ → ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǎimåi
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^3$-mai$^5$
*** Yale: mǎi-mai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mae.may
*** Palladius: маймай (majmaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/ → /maɪ̯²¹⁴ maɪ̯⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мэмэ (meme, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²⁴ mɛ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maai$^5$ maai$^6$
*** Yale: máaih maaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maai$^5$ maai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mai$^5$ mai$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːi̯¹³ maːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâi-mai
*** Hakka Romanization System: mai$^ˊ$ mai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mai$^1$ mai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ mai̯⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mai$^2$ mai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mai⁵³ mai⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-bōe
*** Tâi-lô: bué-buē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boefboe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /bue⁵³⁻²⁴ bue²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bē
*** Tâi-lô: bé-bē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: befbe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be³³/
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /be⁵³⁻⁵⁵ be³³/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bóe-bǒe
*** Tâi-lô: bué-buě
*** IPA (Lukang): /bue⁵⁵⁻³⁵ bue³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mái-māi
*** Tâi-lô: mái-māi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maymai
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãi²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mãi³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mãi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãi³³/
* bóe-bōe/bé-bē/bóe-bǒe - vernacular;
* mái-māi - literary.
* Middle Chinese: meaX meaH
Rime :
| Character | 買 | 賣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 莫蟹切 | 莫懈切 |
| Baxter | meaX | meaH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠɛ$^X$/ | /mˠɛ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚæ$^X$/ | /mᵚæ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mæi$^X$/ | /mæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨj$^X$/ | /maɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mɛ$^X$/ | /mɛ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mai$^X$/ | /mai$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mai$^X$/ | /mai$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǎi | mài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maai$^5$ | maai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤrajʔ mˤrajʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mreːʔ mreːs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 買 | 賣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mǎi | mài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mea$^X$ › | ‹ mea$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁrajʔ/ | /*mˁrajʔ-s/ |
| English | buy | sell |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 買 | 賣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8727 | 8731 |
| Phonetic component | 買 | 買 |
| Rime group | 支 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 買 | 賣 |
| Old Chinese | /*mreːʔ/ | /*mreːs/ |

### Noun

買賣
* buying and selling; business
** after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 76, in 重刊老乞大諺解／重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎, volume 2, page 65:有賣的好弓麽 我店内若没有好弓 做甚麽買賣ᄋᆛ매디ᄒᅶ궁마 오뎐늬ᅀᅭ무ᄋᆛᄒᅶ궁 주셔마매매 'iu mai di hao guq ma; 'o dien nyi zio mu 'iu hao guq; ju sie ma mai mai 이ᇢ매디ᇹ하ᇢ귱뭐 ᅌᅥ뎜뉘ᅀᅣᇦ무ᇹ이ᇢ하ᇢ귱 주씸뭐매매 'iw mai dix haw giuq mue; qe diem nui ziav mux 'iw haw giuq; ju ssim mue mai mai"Do you sell good bows?" "If my store did not have good bows, how could I do business?"
* transaction; deal
* shop

#### Synonyms

* (buying and selling):
* 交易 (jiāoyì)
* 商務／商务 (shāngwù)
* 商業／商业 (shāngyè)
* 業務／业务 (yèwù)
* 生意
* 生理 (shēnglǐ) (literary or Hakka, Min)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 生意, 買賣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 買賣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 生意 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 買賣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 生意 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 生意 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 買兒賣兒, 買賣, 生意 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 買賣, 生意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 買賣, 生意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 買賣, 生意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 買賣, 生意 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 生意, 買賣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 生意, 買賣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 生意, 買賣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 買賣, 生意 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 買賣, 生意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 生意, 買賣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 生意買賣, 生意, 買賣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 生意, 買賣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 生意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 生意 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 生意, 買賣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 生意 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 生意 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 生意 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 生意 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 生意 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 生意 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 生意 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 生理 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 生理 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 生理 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 生意 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 生理 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 生理 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 生意 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 生意, 買賣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 生意, 買賣 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 生意 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 生意, 生理 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 生理, 買賣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 生理 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 商意 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 生意 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 生意 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 生意 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 生意, 買賣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 生意, 買賣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 生意 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 生意 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生意 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 生意 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 生意 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 生意 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 生意 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 生意 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 生意, 買賣 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 生意 |
* (transaction): 交易 (jiāoyì)
* (shop):
* 商店 (shāngdiàn)
* 商鋪／商铺 (shāngpù)
* 店 (diàn)
* 店鋪／店铺 (diànpù)
* 肆 (sì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 鋪子／铺子 (pùzi)
* 門店／门店 (méndiàn)
* 門臉／门脸 (ménliǎn) (colloquial)

#### Derived terms

* 一錘子買賣／一锤子买卖 (yī chuízi mǎimai)
* 上門的買賣好做／上门的买卖好做
* 上門買賣／上门买卖
* 做買賣／做买卖 (zuò mǎimài)
* 好買賣／好买卖
* 小本買賣／小本买卖
* 小買賣／小买卖
* 折本買賣／折本买卖
* 投機買賣／投机买卖
* 拉買賣／拉买卖
* 沒本錢買賣／没本钱买卖
* 私房買賣／私房买卖
* 苦買賣／苦买卖
* 買賣三兒／买卖三儿
* 買賣不成仁義在／买卖不成仁义在
* 買賣人／买卖人 (mǎimàirén)
* 買賣人口／买卖人口
* 買賣城／买卖城
* 買賣場／买卖场
* 買賣婚姻／买卖婚姻
* 買賣業／买卖业
* 買賣經／买卖经
* 賠本買賣／赔本买卖
* 跑買賣／跑买卖
* 過路買賣／过路买卖

#### Related terms

* 貿易／贸易 (màoyì)