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买

買
mǎi
verb HSK 1 #246

Meanings

  1. 1 to buy
  2. 2 to purchase

Characters

买
mai
to buy

Examples

我要买一本书。
Wǒ yào mǎi yī běn shū.
I want to buy a book.
你在哪儿买的？
Nǐ zài nǎr mǎi de?
Where did you buy it?
这个太贵了，我不买。
Zhège tài guì le, wǒ bù mǎi.
This is too expensive, I won't buy it.

Tips

mistakes
买 (mǎi, 3rd tone, to buy) and 卖 (mài, 4th tone, to sell) look and sound similar but are opposites. The extra stroke on top of 卖 can be remembered as 'putting something out for sale.'

Stroke Order

买 mǎi