买
買mǎi
HSK 1
#757 most
frequent character
to buy, to purchase
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
买 shortens 買. In the old form, 罒 and 貝 seashell made the word for gathering wealth, since shells were money. The Simplified shape uses 乛 and 头 as empty parts. The sense then grew to buying and purchasing.
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Example Sentences
我想买一本书。
wǒxiǎng mǎi yīběnshū 。
I want to buy a book.
他每天都去买水果。
tā měitiān dūqù mǎi shuǐguǒ 。
He goes to buy fruit every day.
我们要去买衣服。
wǒmen yào qù mǎi yīfú 。
We are going to buy clothes.
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