gòu mǎi
buy; purchase
我在网上购买了一件新衣服。
wǒ zài wǎng shàng gòu mǎi le yī jiàn xīn yī fú.
I bought a new dress online.
他去商店购买了一些食物。
tā qù shāng diàn gòu mǎi le yī xiē shí wù.
He went to the store to buy some food.
我们打算购买一套新房子。
wǒ men dǎ suàn gòu mǎi yī tào xīn fáng zi.
We are planning to buy a new house.
买 (mǎi)
buy
采购 (cǎigòu)
purchase
出售 (chūshòu)
sell
赠送 (zèngsòng)
give
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The Chinese word 购买 (gòumǎi) is composed of two characters: 购 (gòu) and 买 (mǎi). The character 购 originally meant "to exchange goods" or "to barter", and it is composed of the radical 贝 (bèi), which represents money or wealth, and the phonetic component 互 (hù), which means "to exchange". The character 买 originally meant "to buy", and it is composed of the radical 贝 (bèi) and the phonetic component 卖 (mài), which means "to sell". When combined, the two characters 购 (gòu) and 买 (mǎi) form the word 购买 (gòumǎi), which means "to purchase" or "to buy".
