mǎi
Radical 37 · 6 strokes

to buy

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to buy

    用钱获得东西yòng qián huòdé dōngxi

    • I want to buy a book.

    • She went to the supermarket and bought a lot of vegetables and fruit.

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    • What would you like to buy?

    • Yesterday you bought a newly published Vietnamese dictionary, didn't you?

    • My friend never bought anything!

    • He bought an enormous butcher's cleaver and kept taking it out to hone and sharpen it over and over.

    • I managed to buy a new motorcycle.

  2. verb

    to purchase

    用钱换取东西yòng qián huànhuò dōngxi

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Shopping is using a hook to pull a valuable item toward yourself.

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