to buy, to purchase
Animated Stroke Order 买
Stroke Order Diagrams 买
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 买
Download and print worksheets to practice writing 买
FREE
Preview of Portrait worksheet
HSK Vocabulary: 买
HSK words that contain this character.
Example Sentences
Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 买 is used in context
1
tā他
cóng从
shì事
xiǎo小
shāng商
pǐn品
mǎi买
mài卖
。
He is engaged in small commodity trading.
2
wǒ我
dǎ打
suàn算
gòu购
mǎi买
yì一
tái台
xīn新
diàn电
nǎo脑
。
I plan to purchase a new computer.
3
zhè这
dùn顿
fàn饭
wǒ我
lái来
mǎi买
dān单
ba吧
。
Let me pay the bill for this meal.
4
tā他
shōu收
mǎi买
le了
yí一
gè个
píng苹
guǒ果
。
He bought an apple.
5
gōng公
sī司
xiǎng想
shōu收
mǎi买
nà那
ge个
jìng竞
zhēng争
duì对
shǒu手
。
The company wants to buy out that competitor.
6
tā他
shì试
tú图
shōu收
mǎi买
zhèng证
rén人
，
yǐ以
yǎn掩
gài盖
zì自
jǐ己
de的
zuì罪
xíng行
。
He tried to bribe the witness to cover up his crime.
Information
Traditional買
Radical乙
Strokes6
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#16
Zhuyinㄇㄞˇ
Components—
UnicodeU+4E70
CangjieNYK
☯️
Cultural note
Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.
Learn how the Five Elements describe personalityRelated Characters
Explore characters by relationship
Commonly Confused
Learn the difference between similar characters