mǎi

买

to buy

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Words with 买

购买 gòu mǎi to purchase; to buy HSK 4
买卖 mǎi mài buying and selling; business HSK 5
收买 shōu mǎi to purchase; to bribe HSK 7–9
买不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford; can't afford buying HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我想买两个苹果。 I want to buy two apples. Lesson 8
  • 好的,我买这件。谢谢! OK, I'll buy this one. Thank you! Lesson 8
  • 好,那我买红色的! OK, then I'll buy the red one! Lesson 12
  • 我想买两张船票。 I'd like to buy two boat tickets. Lesson 16
  • 别买这件,你穿红色的更漂亮。 Don't buy this one; you look better in red. Lesson 19
  • 我想给妈妈买一个生日礼物。 I want to buy Mom a birthday present. Lesson 19

Character facts

Radical
大 big, great, vast, high, deep
Parts
乛 + 头
Structure
Top–bottom
Traditional
買
Unicode
U+4E70