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买
買
mǎi
v. buy
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乛    the second Celestial stem (for 买)
貝    shell (for 買)
'买' is part of the following simplified words:
 卖 椟 渎 牍 犊 窦 续 荬 读 赎 黩
'买' is part of the following traditional words:
 櫝 瀆 牘 犢 竇 續 讀 賣 贖 黷

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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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买​一​送​一​。
買​一​送​一​。
mǎi yī sòng yī .
phr. two-for-one offer, buy one get one free
我​买​了​六​瓶​啤​酒​。
我​買​了​六​瓶​啤​酒​。
wó mǎi le liù píng pí jiǔ .
phr. I bought six bottles of beer.
他​买​了​一​双​新​鞋​子​。
他​買​了​一​雙​新​鞋​子​。
tā mǎi le yì shuāng xīn xié zi .
phr. He bought a pair of new shoes.
他​没​钱​买​衣​服​了​。
他​沒​錢​買​衣​服​了​。
tā méi qián mǎi yī fu le .
phr. He has no money to buy clothes.
买​房​
買​房​
mǎi fáng
v. buy a house
买​家​
買​家​
mǎi jiā
n. buyer, client
买​方​
買​方​
mǎi fāng
n. buyer, purchaser
买​东​西​
買​東​西​
mǎi dōng xi
phr. to buy things, to go shopping
买​票​
買​票​
mǎi piào
v. to buy a ticket
买​菜​
買​菜​
mǎi cài
v. buy food; buy vegetables
他​买​了​一​双​鞋​。
他​買​了​一​雙​鞋​。
tā mǎi le yì shuāng xié
phr. He bought a pair of shoes.
别​买​这​本​书​。
別​買​這​本​書​。
bié mǎi zhè běn shū
phr. Don't buy this book.
招​兵​买​马​
招​兵​買​馬​
zhāo bīng mái mǎ
idiom. recruit men and buy horses, raise or enlarge an army, to recruit followers
你​想​买​什​么​？
你​想​買​什​麼​？
ní xiáng mǎi shén me ?
phr. what do you want to buy?
那​就​买​五​公​斤​。
那​就​買​五​公​斤​。
nà jiù mái wǔ gōng jīn
phr. Then let's buy five kilograms (of...).
我​买​两​张​邮​票​。
我​買​兩​張​郵​票​。
wó mái liǎng zhāng yóu piào .
phr. I (want to) buy two stamps.
我​买​了​一​本​书​。
我​買​了​一​本​書​。
wó mǎi le yì běn shū .
phr. I bought a book.
我​想​买​一​条​新​床​单​。
我​想​買​一​條​新​床​單​。
wó xiáng mǎi yì tiáo xīn chuáng dān .
phr. I want to buy a new bed sheet.
买​得​起​
買​得​起​
mǎi de qǐ
phr. can afford to buy
这​是​给​你​买​的​。
這​是​給​你​買​的​。
zhè shì géi ní mǎi de .
phr. This is bought for you.
苹​果​和​梨​我​各​买​了​两​斤​。
蘋​果​和​梨​我​各​買​了​兩​斤​。
píng guǒ hé lí wǒ gè mǎi le liǎng jīn .
phr. As for apples and pears, I bought one kilo of each.
我​买​了​一​些​葡​萄​。
我​買​了​一​些​葡​萄​。
wó mǎi le yì xiē pú tao .
phr. I bought some grapes.
我​要​买​水​果​。
我​要​買​水​果​。
wǒ yào mái shuí guǒ .
phr. I want to buy fruits.