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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)
买断
mǎiduàn
to buy out
买方
mǎifāng
buyer (in contracts)
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
买春
mǎichūn
to buy wine or drinks
孟买
Mèngmǎi
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
买餸
mǎisòng
to buy groceries (Cantonese)
买卖
mǎimài
buying and selling
买账
mǎizhàng
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
买办
mǎibàn
comprador
买通
mǎitōng
to bribe
买进
mǎijìn
to purchase
Example Sentences (10)
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
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
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
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
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 757
- Word Frequency Rank
- 519 of 84,292