买
不
起

Cannot afford in Chinese: 买不起 (mǎi bu qǐ)

mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 買不起1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cannot afford
  2. 2can't afford buying

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买
不
起

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄞˇ

mǎi

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

买不起

Simplified

買不起

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这么贵的房子我买不起。

    zhè me guì de fáng zi wǒ mǎi bù qǐ。

    I can't afford such an expensive house.

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Related words

不

bù

no

买

mǎi

to buy

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

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