做买卖

做買賣

zuòmǎimài

verb

Meanings

1 to do business
2 to buy and sell
3 to trade

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

这条街上做买卖的人很多。

Zhè tiáo jiēshàng zuòmǎimài de rén hěnduō.

There are many people doing business on this street.

HSK 3

他从小就跟父亲学做买卖。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù gēn fùqīn xué zuòmǎimài.

From a young age, he learned how to do business from his father.

Tips

register

做买卖 is colloquial - it suggests small-scale trading or running a shop. For corporate or formal business contexts, use 做生意 or 经商.

Stroke Order

做 zuò

买 mǎi

卖 mài