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mại bản

Pronunciation Northern /ma̰ːʔj˨˩ ɓa̰ːn˧˩˧/ Central /ma̰ːj˨˨ ɓaːŋ˧˩˨/ Southern /maːj˨˩˨ ɓaːŋ˨˩˦/
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comprador
Noun
comprador
3 senses 2 Components
Meaning
3 senses
Sense 1 Noun
comprador Occupations & WorkplaceTheme JobsTag

A person who acts as an intermediary or agent for foreign companies in commercial activities.

vi Ông ta làm việc như một mại bản cho công ty xuất nhập khẩu.

en He works as a comprador for an import-export company.

Sense 2 Noun
colonial agent

A native person who serves as an agent for colonizing powers within their own country.

vi Trong thời kỳ chiến tranh, nhiều người bị coi là mại bản.

en During the war, many people were considered colonial agents.

Sense 3 Noun
mại bản
Parts
mại / bản / 買辦
Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
買辦
Candidates by syllable
mại (邁) bản
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
mại dâm / mại vô / mại dâm cao cấp / mại …
Use
tư sản mại bản / thương mại / khuyến mại / mềm mại …
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