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买 mǎi

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买 mǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǎi | mai3
English translation
to buy
to purchase
to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade

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About 买 mǎi

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HSK level

1

Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

買 mǎi

Contains the radical

大 dà

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Etymology of 买 mǎi

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Positional decomposition

⿱乛头

Explanation

Pictograph of money (貝 bèi ) coming out of a netted bag (网 wǎng ). The simplified character 买 mǎi was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 買 mǎi .

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Example sentences using 买 mǎi

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等 děng 一等 yī děng , 别 Bié 催 cuī 我 wǒ , 我 wǒ 的 de 买卖 mǎi mài 跑 páo 不 bù 了 le .

Wait, don't rush me, my business won't run away.

渴 kě 的 de 时候 shíhou 会 huì 去 qù 7-11 买 mǎi 罐 guàn 茶 chá .

When you're thirsty, you go to 7 - 11 for a box of tea.

我 wǒ 上周 shàng zhōu 买 mǎi 的 de 这 zhè 双 Shuāng 鞋 xié 已经 yǐjīng 快 kuài 破 pò 了 le .

These shoes I bought last week are already showing signs of wear.

我 wǒ 买 mǎi 了 le 一 yī 段 Duàn 够 gòu 做 zuò 一条裙子 qúnzi 的 de 花呢 huā ní 料 liào .

I bought a skirt length of tweed.

她 tā 还 Huán 要 yāo 买 mǎi 两 liǎng 夸脱牛奶 niúnǎi 和 hé 一 yī 打 dá 鸡蛋 jīdàn .

She is also going to need two quarts of milk and a dozen eggs.

Words with 买 mǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
买 mǎi to buy買 mǎi
购买 gòu mǎi to buy購買
买卖 mǎi mài business買賣
买入 mǎi rù to buy (finance)買入
买家 mǎi jiā buyer買家
收买 shōu mǎi to purchase收買
买不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford買不起
买进 mǎi jìn to purchase買進
买回 mǎi huí to buy back買回
买单 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill買單
买票 mǎi piào to buy tickets買票
买主 mǎi zhǔ customer買主
牙买加 Yá mǎi jiā Jamaica牙買加
孟买 Mèng mǎi Mumbai (formerly Bombay)孟買
购买力 gòu mǎi lì purchasing power購買力
买方 mǎi fāng buyer (in contracts)買方
买好 mǎi hǎo to ingratiate oneself買好
购买者 gòu mǎi zhě purchaser購買者
买通 mǎi tōng to bribe買通
买账 mǎi zhàng to buy it買賬
买房 mǎi fáng to buy a house買房
买方市场 mǎi fāng shì chǎng buyer's market買方市場
招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ fig. to expand business招兵買馬
做买卖 zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell做買賣

买 mǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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买 mǎi Decomposition

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买 mǎi Compounds

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