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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)
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
你终于回来了！从哪儿买回来了这么多东西啊？
Nǐ zhōngyú huílái le! Cóng nǎr mǎi huílái le zhème duō dōngxi a?
You're finally back! Where did you buy so many things?
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
这些水果真新鲜，我们买西瓜还是苹果？
Zhèxiē shuǐguǒ zhēn xīnxiān, wǒmen mǎi xīguā háishì píngguǒ?
These fruits are really fresh. Should we buy watermelon or apples?
Text 3
我有点儿饿了，我们进超市买点儿东西吧。
Wǒ yǒu diǎnr è le, wǒmen jìn chāoshì mǎi diǎnr dōngxi ba.
I'm a bit hungry. Let's go into the supermarket and buy something.
Text 3
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.
Text 5
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
这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右，现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
买衣服只考虑价格当然不好，但是只考虑买好看的也不一定对。
Mǎi yīfu zhǐ kǎolǜ jiàgé dāngrán bù hǎo, dànshì zhǐ kǎolǜ mǎi hǎokàn de yě bù yídìng duì.
When buying clothes, considering only the price is certainly not good, but only considering buying the good-looking ones is not necessarily right either.
Text 4
你在这个商店买过东西没有？
Nǐ zài zhège shāngdiàn mǎi guo dōngxi méiyǒu?
Have you ever bought anything at this store?
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 757
- Word Frequency Rank
- 519 of 84,292