囤货

囤貨

túnhuò

verb

Meanings

1 to stock up on goods
2 to stockpile, to hoard supplies

Characters

to hoard, to stockpile

Examples

双十一很多人囤货一整年。

Shuāng Shíyī hěn duō rén túnhuò yī zhěng nián.

On Double Eleven many people stock up for the whole year.

疫情期间大家都在囤货。

Yìqíng qījiān dàjiā dōu zài túnhuò.

During the pandemic everyone was stockpiling.

她喜欢在直播间囤货。

Tā xǐhuan zài zhíbōjiān túnhuò.

She likes to stock up during livestream shopping.

Tips

usage

囤货 is the everyday verb for 'stock up' — on household items, snacks, baby formula, or discounted goods during sales. The related noun 囤货 (the stockpile itself) is also common. Overlaps with English 'panic buying' during shortages (囤积, túnjī, sounds more serious).

mistakes

囤 is read tún here (hoard/store), NOT dùn. 一囤米 (a granary-bin of rice) uses dùn; the verb 囤货, 囤粮 (stock up on goods/grain) always uses tún.

Stroke Order

囤 tún

货 huò