yāo
mǎi

verb

Meaning of 要买

要买 means to buy support; to win over (people's loyalty) through promises of benefit. Pronounced yāo mǎi.

  • to buy support; to win over (people's loyalty) through promises of benefit

Definitions & Examples

yòng
gāo
xīn
yāo
mǎi
rén
xīn
 
shì
jiàn
de
pài
 

He tried to buy people's loyalty with high salaries, attempting to build his own faction.

Zhè
zhǒng
yāo
mǎi
zhèng
zhǐ
néng
zàn
shí
wěn
dìng
miàn
 

This policy of buying support can only temporarily stabilize the situation.

huan
yòng
jīn
qián
yāo
mǎi
péng
you
 
gèng
kàn
zhòng
zhēn
chéng
 

He doesn't like using money to buy friends; he values sincerity more.