做买卖

做買賣

zuòmǎimài

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

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.

这条街上做买卖的人很多。

Zhè tiáo jiē shàng zuòmǎimài de rén hěn duō.

There are many people doing business on this street.

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 (zuò shēngyi) or 经商 (jīngshāng).

Stroke Order

做 zuò

买 mǎi

卖 mài