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Jyutping maai5 bat1 hei2
Pinyin mǎi bù qǐ

Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2778

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Jyutping maai5 bat1 hei2
Pinyin mǎi bu qǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. cannot afford
  2. can't afford buying
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    Jack买不起新自行车。
    Jack買不起新自行車。
    jack mǎi bu qǐ xīn zì xíng chē 。
    • Jack can't afford to buy a new bicycle.
    • Jack can't afford a new bicycle.
  2. Mandarin
    他买不起汽车,更不要说买房子了。
    他買不起汽車,更不要説買房子了。
    tā mǎi bu qǐ qì chē , gèng bù yào shuō mǎi fáng zi le 。
    • He cannot buy a car, still less a house.
  3. Mandarin
    我买不起那个。
    我買不起那個。
    wǒ mǎi bu qǐ nà ge 。
    • I can't afford to buy that.
    • I can't afford that.
  4. Mandarin
    那辆车子太贵了,我买不起。
    那輛車子太貴了,我買不起。
    nà liàng chē zi tài guì le , wǒ mǎi bu qǐ 。
    • The car is too expensive for me to buy.
  5. Mandarin
    我买不起自行车。
    我買不起自行車。
    wǒ mǎi bu qǐ zì xíng chē 。
    • I could not afford to buy a bicycle.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    买不起
    買不起
    mǎi bù qǐ
    • too expensive to buy