限购

限購
xiàngòu
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to limit purchases per customer
  2. 2 purchase restriction (one-per-person etc.)

Examples

Zhè kuǎn shǒujī měi rén xiàngòu liǎng tái.
This phone is limited to two per customer.
Běijīng duì wàidìrén mǎi fáng háishi yǒu xiàngòu de.
Beijing still has purchase restrictions for non-locals buying property.

Tips

usage
Two main contexts: (1) e-commerce — flash-sale items capped per buyer (限购 '2-per-customer'); (2) policy — real-estate, license-plate, and luxury-goods quotas (限购 'home-purchase restriction'). Both are everyday vocabulary.

Stroke Order

xiàn
gòu