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買弁買辦 [oK]
ばいべんマイべん
1. [n] [hist]
▶ intermediary in China conducting business with foreign countries
▶ comprador
▶ compradore
2. [n]
▶ person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country



History:
10. A 2025-03-27 19:12:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Thanks
9. A* 2025-03-27 16:43:24  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Looks good to me.
Daijirin, koj, and nikk have まい written in katakana since it's loaned from Chinese.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<reb>まいべん</reb>
+<reb>マイべん</reb>
8. A* 2025-03-27 04:52:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe this works?
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19,2 @@
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>intermediary in China conducting business with foreign countries</gloss>
7. A* 2025-03-26 21:11:31  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The kokugos are all very specific that our sense 01 refers to historical China ("中国で、…").
e.g. kanjipedia: 昔、中国で外国と取り引きをするときの仲介業者。

The word "comprador" is also still used in English with the same meaning as our second sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprador
>> With the emergence or the re-emergence of globalization, the term "comprador" has reentered the lexicon to denote trading groups and classes in the developing world in subordinate but mutually-advantageous relationships with metropolitan capital.

The JEs only have one sense.
  Comments:
I'm not sure that we need two senses here. If we do, then sense 01 might need a [hist] tag.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
6. A 2012-07-11 13:56:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Thanks.
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