(mǎi) - to buy, to purchase in Mandarin

mǎi

Traditional: 買

HSK 2

#311 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to buy, to purchase

Word origin

买 (mǎi) 'to buy' originally showed a net (网) over 贝 'cowrie shell', the old form of money, depicting the act of catching goods with money. The traditional form is 買.

Origin: compound
Root: 网 (net) over 贝 (cowrie shell, money)

Stroke order

买

Examples

衬chèn衫shān。

I want to buy a shirt.

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Where did you buy it?

。

She bought a lot of things.

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I am going to the supermarket to buy some things.

双shuāng鞋xié。

This pair of shoes was bought last week.

买 (mǎi) - to buy, to purchase.

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This word is part of lesson 7.