Chinese Word: 買 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

買 (Simplified: 买)HSK 1

Pinyin: mǎi

English Definition: to buy; to purchase

Chinese Definition:
①拿錢換東西，與“賣”相對：買賣。買辦(ａ．中國明代專指對宮廷供應用品的商人；b．鴉片戰爭後指外國商人在中國市場上推銷商品的代理人)。買名。買好。買笑(舊指到妓院尋歡作樂)。買主。買方。買春(買酒，唐代酒名多帶“春”字)。
②招致：買禍。
③姓氏。

Antonyms: 賣

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 貝

Pictophonetic: 此 indicates the sound; 貝 (money) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 罒 [ wǎng ] net, network
- 貝 [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency

Similar Characters: 貢

買賣	mǎi mài	buying and selling; business; business transactions; Classifiers: 桩	HSK 2
買方	mǎi fāng	buyer (in contracts)	HSK 5

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1		wǒ 我 chū qù 出去 mǎi shuǐ 買水。 I'm going out to buy water.
2		wǒ 我 yào 要 qù 去 mǎi cài 買菜。 I'm going to buy some vegetables.
3		wǒ 我 mǎi le 買了 hǎo duō 好多 shū 書 I bought many books.
4		wǒ yào mǎi 我要買 yī 一 dǎ jī dàn 打雞蛋。 I want to buy a dozen eggs.
5		wǒ 我 yào 要 dài kuǎn 貸款 mǎi fáng 買房。 I want to take out a loan to buy a house.

1		wǒ 我 chū qù 出去 mǎi shuǐ 買水。 I'm going out to buy water.
2		wǒ 我 yào 要 qù 去 mǎi cài 買菜。 I'm going to buy some vegetables.
3		wǒ 我 mǎi le 買了 hǎo duō 好多 shū 書 I bought many books.
4		wǒ yào mǎi 我要買 yī 一 dǎ jī dàn 打雞蛋。 I want to buy a dozen eggs.
5		wǒ 我 yào 要 dài kuǎn 貸款 mǎi fáng 買房。 I want to take out a loan to buy a house.