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bat'høex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'hoex; bad'høex ⬆︎ [[...]] 

know the real quality of goods or merchandise, know how to buy things

識貨

bauh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bauh ⬆︎ [[...]] 

contract a job to build or do something, contract for a piece of work, to buy the whole lot

承包,總攬

• Y bauh hid thvoaf khangkhoex, bao cit toxng zhux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bauh hid thvoaf khafng'khoex, bao cit toxng zhux. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He contracted that work and made enough to buy a house.
  他包那個工作,賺一棟房子。

• Cid kefng chia'khox ho lie bauqkhie aix loaxze cvii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kefng chiaf'khox ho lie bauh'khie aix loa'ze cvii? ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  How much would your contract be for this garage?
  這間車庫給你承建,要多少錢?

bøea bøe'seeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea be'seeng; bøea bøe'seeng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

not to buy something because of a disagreement about the price

買不成

bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng ⬆︎ [[...]] 

waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort

徒勞,沒用

• Ykefng sie khix ax, khaq zuosia ia bøzhaykafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sie khix ax, khaq zux'sia ia bøo'zhae'kafng. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  He is already dead, any more injections are a wasted effort.
  已經死了,再打針也沒用。

• Bøzhaykafng, maix siulie, bea sin'ee khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae'kafng, maix siw'lie, bea syn'ee khaq hør. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  It is waste of time, better to buy a new one.
  浪費時間,不要修了,買新的比較好。

bøzhae cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae cvii; (bøo'zhae mih, ...) ⬆︎ [[...]] 

waste of money (thing, etc.)

浪費錢,東西等

• Bøzhae cvii, zap khof bea hid khoarn ee zheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae cvii, zap khof bea hid khoarn ee zheq. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  It is a waste of ten dollars to buy that kind of book.
  浪費錢,十塊錢買那種書。

zhurnkym lanbøea zhurnkong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuxn'kym laan'bea zhuxn'kofng'ym; zhuxn'kym laan'bøea zhuxn'kofng'ym ⬆︎ [[...]] 

an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time

寸金難買寸光陰

• Itzhuxn kong'ym itzhurnkym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Id'zhuxn kofng'ym id'zhuxn'kym. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  moment of time is an inch of gold
  一寸光陰一寸金

hoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaxn ⬆︎ [[...]] 

buy and sell, deal in, trade in, carry about for sale, to peddle, seller of goods, peddler

販

hoarnzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaxn'zhux ⬆︎ [[...]] 

buy and sell a house or piece of realty

販屋

• U ee hoarnzhux khie liao ma bøe bae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U ee hoaxn'zhux khie liao ma be bae.; U ee hoaxn'zhux khie liao ma bøe bae. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  Some houses for sale are very well built
  有的販屋蓋得也不錯。

kor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor ⬆︎ [[...]] 

things, a division (of an office), a share, a ply (of thread)

股

• svaf kor ee svoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf kor ee svoax ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  three-ply thread
  三股的線

• Goar u hun svaf paq kor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar u hun svaf paq kor. ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  I hold 300 shares (in that company).
  我認購(投資)了三百股。

• bøea nng paq kor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea nng paq kor; bøea nng paq kor ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  take 200 shares
  買兩百股

• habkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hap'kor ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  buy 200 shares (of stock), have shares in a joint business
  合股

• huxnkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hun'kor ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  have shares in a joint venture
  認股,投資

paxnhøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pan'hoex; pan'høex ⬆︎ [[...]] 

buy or import goods, handle the purchase of goods

辦貨

sefng cviuxchiaf ciaq pofphiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng cviu'chiaf ciaq por'phiøx ⬆︎ [[...]] 

take a train or a bus and then buy a ticket to perform an action and to think of the results later, to have pre-marital sexual relations

先上車後補票

thngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thngx ⬆︎ [[...]] 

buy a thing from a friend or from some one who happens to have it and lets us have it as a favor, not from a shop or trader

讓售

• Goar ka lie thngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ka lie thngx.; (Thngx goar.) ⬆︎ [[...]] 
  I'd like to buy that off you. (said to a friend or some one we meet who has something we wish to buy, but not in the way of regular business)
  讓售給我。

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