a Chinese surname

(bound form) a merchant or shopkeeper; also used in formal or literary contexts to mean to trade or engage in business

(bound form) to buy or sell; also used in the context of inviting or bringing something upon oneself, such as trouble or resentment

(literary) price; value; equivalent to 价 jià

(literary) to invite, provoke, or incur (something undesirable, such as trouble or resentment)

(literary) to sell or offer for sale