Cantonese Word of the Day
買
maai (MAAI) • verb — 20th of May, 2026
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Meaning: to buy; to purchase
Examples
- 我去街市買菜。
(I'm going to the market to buy vegetables.) - 佢喺網上買咗張飛。
(He bought a ticket online.) - 我今日要買對新鞋。
(I need to buy a new pair of shoes today.)
Synonyms
- 買嘢
- 購買
買 is the common Cantonese verb for purchasing goods or services. In colloquial speech people often say 買嘢 (maai ye) to mean 'go shopping' or 'buy things'. To mark a completed purchase, add 咗 (e.g. 買咗). For formal or written contexts, 購買 is a more formal synonym.
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