mài
买卖人
merchant; trader (colloquial)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
merchant; trader; seller
informalA colloquial term to refer to merchants or traders. In the original input "mǎi•mɑirén", it uses "卖(mài)" with the neutral tone "mai" to form "卖人 (mairén)", meaning merchant.
Nà那
ge个
mài卖
rén人
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
tǐng挺
shí实
zai在
de的
。
That merchant looks quite honest.
Xiǎo小
fàn贩
men们
dōu都
shì是
xiē些
xiǎo小
mài卖
rén人
。
The street vendors are all small traders.
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Tā他
shì是
gè个
jīng精
míng明
de的
mài卖
rén人
，
hěn很
huì会
tán谈
jià价
qián钱
。
He's a shrewd merchant, very good at bargaining.