mua
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Definition
- Verb:
- To buy; to purchase: To obtain something by paying money for it.
- To acquire; to get: To obtain something, often implying an exchange or transaction, not necessarily monetary.
- To bribe; to buy off: To use money or favors to gain an advantage or someone's loyalty, often unethically.
- To incur; to bring upon oneself: To cause an unwanted situation or consequence for oneself through one's actions.
Usage Examples
- Verb (To buy):
- Tôi mua một quyển sách. (I buy a book.)
- Cô ấy mua rau ở chợ. (She buys vegetables at the market.)
- Verb (To acquire/get):
- Anh ta mua được sự kính trọng của mọi người. (He earned/gained everyone's respect.)
- Verb (To bribe):
- Hắn định mua chuộc viên chức. (He tried to bribe the official.)
- Verb (To incur):
- Lời nói đó chỉ mua thù chuốc oán. (That statement only brought hatred and resentment.)
Advanced Usage
- "mua vui": to amuse/entertain (oneself or others), often temporarily.
- Anh ấy kể chuyện cười để mua vui cho mọi người. (He told jokes to entertain everyone.)
- "mua lấy": to buy/obtain for oneself (emphasizing the act of acquisition).
- Cô ấy mua lấy một căn nhà nhỏ. (She bought herself a small house.)
- "mua được": can be bought; obtainable.
- Niềm tin không mua được bằng tiền. (Trust cannot be bought with money.)
Variants and Related Words
- Mua bán (verb phrase): to trade; to buy and sell.
- Công ty kinh doanh mua bán nông sản. (The company is in the business of trading agricultural products.)
- Mua sắm (verb): to shop; to go shopping.
- Chúng tôi đi mua sắm ở trung tâm thương mại. (We go shopping at the mall.)
- Người mua (noun): buyer; purchaser.
- Người mua đã trả giá cho món đồ. (The buyer haggled over the item's price.)
- Sự mua (noun): purchase; the act of buying.
- Sự mua bán diễn ra công khai. (The purchase and sale were conducted openly.)
Synonyms
- Tậu (verb): to buy; to acquire (more formal or literary than "mua").
- Sắm (verb): to buy; to purchase (often for specific needs, e.g., clothes, furniture).
- Chuộc (verb): to redeem; to buy back (often from pawn or captivity).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Mua vào (verb phrase): to buy in; to purchase (often in trading contexts).
- Nhà đầu tư mua vào 10,000 cổ phiếu. (The investor bought in 10,000 shares.)
- Mua chuộc (verb phrase): to bribe; to buy off.
- Họ tìm cách mua chuộc nhân chứng. (They tried to bribe the witness.)
- Mua đứt (verb phrase): to buy outright; to purchase completely.
- Công ty mua đứt bản quyền tác phẩm. (The company bought the full rights to the work.)
Related Idioms
- Nhắm mắt mua càn / Mua trâu vẽ bóng: To buy a pig in a poke; to buy something without seeing or checking it first.
- Đừng nhắm mắt mua càn, hãy xem kỹ trước đã. (Don't buy a pig in a poke, look carefully first.)
- Mua danh ba vạn, bán danh ba đồng: (Lit: Buy fame for thirty thousand, sell it for three coins) To pay a high price to build a reputation only to ruin it cheaply.
- Mua dây buộc mình: (Lit: To buy rope to tie oneself) To create trouble or constraints for oneself.
- Ký hợp đồng đó là mua dây buộc mình. (Signing that contract is tying your own hands.)
verb
- to buy; to purchase; to get
- nhắm mắt mua cànto buy a pig in a poke