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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)
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
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
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
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
小姐，您好！您想买什么家具？需要我为您介绍一下吗？
Xiǎojiě, nín hǎo! Nín xiǎng mǎi shénme jiājù? Xūyào wǒ wèi nín jièshào yíxià ma?
Miss, hello! What furniture would you like to buy? Would you like me to give you a quick introduction?
Text 1
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
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
礼拜天有空儿吗？陪我去逛街怎么样？我想去给丈夫买个生日礼物。
Lǐbàitiān yǒu kòngr ma? Péi wǒ qù guàngjiē zěnmeyàng? Wǒ xiǎng qù gěi zhàngfu mǎi gè shēngrì lǐwù.
Are you free on Sunday? How about going shopping with me? I want to go buy a birthday present for my husband.
Text 1
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 757
- Word Frequency Rank
- 519 of 84,292