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购 gòu

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购 gòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòu | gou4
English translation
to buy
to purchase
to buy, to purchase

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About 购 gòu

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

購 gòu

Contains the radical

贝 Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

money

Etymology of 购 gòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰贝勾

Semantic compound

贝 Bèi

Phonetic compound

勾 Gōu

Explanation

Simplified form of 購 gòu . Phonosemantic compound. 貝 bèi represents the meaning and 冓 gòu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 购 gòu

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我 wǒ 已 yǐ 不 bù 在 zài 那 Nā 家 jiā 商店 shāngdiàn 购物 gòuwù 了 le , 他们 tā men 的 de 价钱 jià qian 太 tài 贵 guì .

I've stopped dealing at that shop; their prices are too high.

我 wǒ 想 xiǎng 从 Cóng 贵 guì 公司 gōngsī 订购 dìng gòu 一些 yī xiē 茶叶 chá yè .

I'd like to place an order for some tea with you.

现 xiàn 将 jiāng 该 gāi 地 de 按 àn 该 gāi 价 jià 出售 chū shòu ,任何人皆 jiē 可 kě 购买 gòu mǎi .

The land is now for sale at that price to anyone.

该 gāi 商品 shāngpǐn 好 hǎo 销 xiāo . 敝 bì 公司 gōngsī 期望 qīwàng 贵 guì 公司 gōngsī 来 lái 订购 dìng gòu .

This commodity has ready market. We expect an order from you.

这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū 我 wǒ 订购 dìng gòu 了 le 12本 běn .

I have sent for a dozen copies of the book.

Words with 购 gòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
购物 gòuwù shopping購物
购买 gòu mǎi to buy購買
购 gòu to buy購 gòu
收购 shōu gòu to acquire (a company)收購
采购 cǎigòu to purchase採購
订购 dìng gòu to subscribe訂購
认购 rèn gòu to undertake to purchase sth認購
抢购 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically搶購
选购 xuǎn gòu to buy選購
并购 bìng gòu acquisition併購
购置 gòu zhì to purchase購置
邮购 yóu gòu mail order郵購
定购 dìng gòu to order goods定購
代购 dài gòu to buy (on behalf of sb)代購
购买力 gòu mǎi lì purchasing power購買力
购物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn shopping center購物中心
购买者 gòu mǎi zhě purchaser購買者
购得 gòu dé to purchase購得
采购员 cǎi gòu yuán buyer採購員
导购 dǎo gòu shopper's guide導購
预购 yù gòu advance purchase預購

购 gòu Decomposition & Compounds

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购 gòu Decomposition

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