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买不起 (mǎi bu qǐ): Cannot afford (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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买不起 consists of 3 characters.

to rise, to get up, to start

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Pinyinmǎi bu qǐ

Meaningcannot afford

Characters3

HSK—

Syntaxverb

Word买不起

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 买不起.

Words with 买

购买gòu mǎiHSK 4
买卖mǎi màiHSK 5
收买shōu mǎiHSK 7-9
买书mǎi shū
买票mǎi piào
买东西mǎi dōng xi

Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3
不但bù dànHSK 3
不同bù tóngHSK 3

Words with 起

对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
一起yì qǐHSK 2
起床qǐ chuángHSK 2
起来qǐ laiHSK 3
起飞qǐ fēiHSK 3
引起yǐn qǐHSK 4
起到qǐ dàoHSK 4
发起

fā qǐ

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 买不起

zuì最

jìn近

fáng房

jià价

biāo飙

shēng升

，

hěn很

duō多

rén人

mǎi买

bù不

qǐ起

fáng房

zi子

。

Recently, housing prices have skyrocketed, making it unaffordable for many people.