购
买

To purchase in Chinese: 购买 (gòu mǎi)

gòu mǎi

to purchase

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 購買1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to purchase; to buy

Stroke order

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购
买

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄡˋ

gòu

ㄍ/ gㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄞˇ

mǎi

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

购买

Simplified

購買

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 很多人在网上购买东西。

    hěn duō rén zài wǎng shàng gòu mǎi dōng xī。

    Many people buy things online.

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Related words

买

mǎi

to buy

购

gòu

to buy

购物

gòu wù

shopping

采购

cǎi gòu

to procure (for an enterprise etc)

买卖

mǎi mài

buying and selling

收购

shōu gòu

to purchase (from various places)

并购

bìng gòu

merger and acquisition (M and A)

订购

dìng gòu

to place an order

收买

shōu mǎi

to purchase

买不起

mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford

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