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買

mǎi

buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

Strokes
12
Radical
貝
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 买

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 买, the simplified form of 買. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我买了。

    Wǒ mǎi le

    I'm buying.

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  • 我要买了。

    Wǒ yào mǎi le

    I want to buy.

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  • 我想买。

    Wǒ xiǎng mǎi

    I want to buy.

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  • 买你想要的。

    Mǎi nǐ xiǎng yào de

    Pay what you want.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 买

  • 买mǎi 3to buy; to purchase
  • 购买gòu mǎi 4–3 to purchase; to buy
  • 买卖mǎi mài 3–4 buying and selling; business; business transactions
  • 收买shōu mǎi 1–3 to purchase; to bribe
  • 买不起mǎi bu qǐ 3–5–3cannot afford; can't afford buying