The Chinese word 买 means “to buy” or “to purchase”. It is a commonly used verb in everyday communication and business transactions. For example, if you want to say “I want to buy a book”, you would say “我想买一本书”.
Translation
Verb: to buy
Pronunciation
Example Sentences
| Chinese | Pinyin | Engish |
|---|---|---|
| 我今天要去买菜 | wǒ jīn tiān yào qù mǎi cài | I’m going to buy groceries today |
| 他买了一张机票去北京 | tā mǎi le yī zhāng jī piào qù běi jīng | He bought a plane ticket to Beijing |
| 我想买一本中文书 | wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī běn zhōng wén shū | I want to buy a Chinese book |
| 她喜欢买名牌包包 | tā xǐ huān mǎi míng pái bāo bāo | She likes to buy designer handbags |
| 我们需要买一些家具 | wǒ men xū yào mǎi yī xiē jiā jù | We need to buy some furniture |
| 他们去超市买了很多食物 | tā men qù chāo shì mǎi le hěn duō shí wù | They went to the supermarket and bought a lot of food |
| 她买了一件新衣服 | tā mǎi le yī jiàn xīn yī fú | She bought a new piece of clothing |
| 我们可以在网上买东西 | wǒ men kě yǐ zài wǎng shàng mǎi dōng xī | We can buy things online |
HSK
买 is part of HSK Level 1 in both HSK 2.0 and HSK 3.0.
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