Buy - mǎi ban (English spelling)

Japanese: 買辦 - ばいべん（英語表記）mǎi bàn

A merchant who is subordinate to a foreign capitalist and undertakes commercial transactions within his or her own country. In English, it is called compradore or comprador. It is derived from the Portuguese word comprar (to buy), meaning a purchaser. In Japan, it is also written as "kaiben" and is also called "kaiben capital." The Chinese word kaiben originally referred to merchants who supplied goods needed by the imperial court during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Kaiben were found in colonies and semi-colonies, and were a product of imperialist invasions of Asia. They existed in India and Southeast Asia, but their presence in China is more important.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

外国の資本家に従属し，自国内の商取引を請け負う商人をいう。英語ではコンプラドルcompradore,compradorという。ポルトガル語のcomprar(買う)から派生した購買者の意。日本では〈買弁〉とも書かれ，〈買弁資本〉などともいう。買辦という中国語は，本来，明･清時代，宮廷の必要とする品を用達する商人を指していた。買辦は，植民地，半植民地にみられ，帝国主義のアジア侵略の所産である。インド，東南アジアにも存在したが，もっと重要なのは中国におけるその存在である。

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