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買嘢maai5 je5shopping; to buy stuff買定maai5 ding6buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decision cannot be reversed once the bet has been placed買少見少maai5 siu2 gin3 siu2scarce in supply (spoken)買手maai5 sau2buyer買棺材唔知埞maai5 gun1 coi4 m4 zi1 ding6(don't know where to buy a coffin); to act recklessly買殼maai5 hok3buying the shell corporation (for listing); back-door listing; reverse takeover; reverse merger; reverse IPO買水maai5 seoi2'buying water', a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent買燕梳maai5 jin3 so1to buy insurance買盤maai5 pun4buy order (on the stock exchange)買賣maai5 maai6trading買起maai5 hei2to take-over or purchase something with money; to kill someone by hiring an assassin買路錢maai5 lou6 cin4money, paid to bandits for passage買青苗maai5 ceng1 miu4to profiteer; to exploit and take advantage of those in difficult circumstances ; suffering from hardship in order to gain benefits by unfair means, usually to describe profiteers who take advantage of farmers during hard times to prepay for future crops from them at an unreasonably low price, which is effectively loan sharking in disguise費事fai3 si6(adverb) 1. Lest; (verb) to avoid doing something費用fai3 jung6fee貼上tip3 soeng5affix to;paste貼堂tip3 tong4(award) to post the outstanding and exemplary work of students such as excellent pictures on a bulletin board as an award貼補tip3 bou2Subsidy; to help out; to support; to supplement貼錯門神tip3 co3 mun4 san4two people don't get along with each other; to be at odds with each other賄選kui2 syun2election bribery; vote buying資助學校zi1 zo6 hok6 haau6aided school; to provide money for school資本zi1 bun2capitalist資格zi1 gaak3eligibility資源回收筒zi1 jyun4 wui4 sau1 tung2recycling bin賊亞爸caak6 aa3 baa1a 'fagin', someone who trains others to perform crimes and takes the stolen goods, similar to the fictional character Fagin in Oliver Twist; describes someone who reaps in the booties ; benefits from criminal activities (without necessarily carrying out the criminal activities themselves) , such as a criminal leader (or an organization ; corrupted government) behind the scenes賊人caak6 jan4thief賊仔caak6 zai2a thief; a burglar賊佬試沙煲caak6 lou2 si3 saa1 bou1to test the waters賊佬caak6 lou2a robber; a thief; a burglar賊公caak6 gung1male thief (spoken)賊喊捉賊caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6a criminal who tries to accuse somebody of the theft and tries to sneak away onself; a robber who acts like a cop; the pot calling the kettle black賊竇caak6 dau3a thieves' hideout; a thieves' den