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买
買
mǎi
1.
to buy
2.
to purchase
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
孟买
Mèngmǎi
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
采买
cǎimǎi
purchase
收买
shōumǎi
to purchase
置买
zhìmǎi
to purchase
买主
mǎizhǔ
customer
买价
mǎijià
buying price
买入
mǎirù
to buy (finance)
买单
mǎidān
to pay the restaurant bill
买回
mǎihuí
to buy back
买好
mǎihǎo
to ingratiate oneself
买官
mǎiguān
to buy a title
买家
mǎijiā
buyer
买帐
mǎizhàng
to show respect (for sb)
买房
mǎifáng
to buy a house
买断
mǎiduàn
to buy out
买方
mǎifāng
buyer (in contracts)
买春
mǎichūn
to buy wine or drinks
买卖
mǎimài
buying and selling
买账
mǎizhàng
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
买办
mǎibàn
comprador
Example Sentences (10)
这种巧克力味道不错，你在哪儿买的？
Zhè zhǒng qiǎokèlì wèidào búcuò, nǐ zài nǎr mǎi de?
This kind of chocolate tastes good. Where did you buy it?
Text 1
咱家的冰箱太旧了，商场正好打折，我们顺便也买一台吧。
Zánjiā de bīngxiāng tài jiù le, shāngchǎng zhènghǎo dǎzhé, wǒmen shùnbiàn yě mǎi yī tái ba.
Our fridge is too old. The mall happens to be having a sale. Let's buy one while we're at it.
Text 2
老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
怎么又买了这么多饼干和巧克力？难道你不减肥了？
Zěnme yòu mǎi le zhème duō bǐnggān hé qiǎokèlì? Nándào nǐ bù jiǎnféi le?
Why did you buy so many cookies and chocolate again? Aren't you dieting anymore?
Text 1
妈妈，你看那只狗多可爱，眼睛大大的，嘴小小的，我们买回去吧。
Māma, nǐ kàn nà zhī gǒu duō kě'ài, yǎnjing dà dà de, zuǐ xiǎo xiǎo de, wǒmen mǎi huíqù ba.
Mom, look how cute that dog is. Its eyes are big and its mouth is small. Let's buy it and take it home.
Text 2
妈，您看我刚买的裤子，洗完以后颜色怎么变得这么难看呢？
Mā, nín kàn wǒ gāng mǎi de kùzi, xǐ wán yǐhòu yánsè zěnme biàn de zhème nánkàn ne?
Mom, look at the pants I just bought; why did the color become so ugly after washing?
Text 2
听说你最近打算买房子？
Tīngshuō nǐ zuìjìn dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi?
I heard you're planning to buy a house soon?
Text 1
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 757
- Word Frequency Rank
- 519 of 84,292