買位 (maai5 wai2) — to pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as care homes, education etc., often used by the government as a temporary measure to fill a shortage in public amenitites by buying places from private organizations) in Cantonese
maaiˏ₅買waiˊ²位简 买位
Mandarin Pinyin: mai3 wei4
Meaning of 買位
nounto pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as care homes, education etc., often used by the government as a temporary measure to fill a shortage in public amenitites by buying places from private organizations)