购 gòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 勾 to hook, to join, to connect
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
购买
gòumǎi
to buy
Characters in this word
买 mǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Example phrases
- 我想购买水。 Wǒ xiǎng gòumǎi shuǐ. I want to buy water.
- 他购买车票。 Tā gòumǎi chēpiào. He buys a ticket.
- 请购买水果。 Qǐng gòumǎi shuǐguǒ. Please buy some fruit.
Related words
- 购物 gòuwù to go shopping
- 采购 cǎigòu to buy in bulk; to purchase
- 收购 shōugòu to buy up; to acquire
- 买 mǎi to buy
- 买卖 mǎimài business deal; trade
- 货 huò goods
- 出售 chūshòu to sell; for sale
- 产品 chǎnpǐn product
- 销售 xiāoshòu sales; to sell
- 促销 cùxiāo sale; promotion
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 预订 yùdìng to reserve