买

To buy in Chinese: 买 (mǎi)

mǎi

to buy

HSK 1Traditional: 買2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to buy
  2. 2to purchase

Stroke order

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买

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄞˇ

mǎi

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

买

Simplified

買

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我买了单。

    wǒ mǎi le dān。

    I paid the bill.

  • 阿妈买马。

    ā mā mǎi mǎ。

    Your grandmother bought a horse.

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Related words

购买

gòu mǎi

to purchase

买卖

mǎi mài

buying and selling

收买

shōu mǎi

to purchase

买不起

mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford

猫

māo

cat

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not

没关系

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

米饭

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

哪

nǎ

how

那

nà

(specifier) that

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