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订购

dìnggòu

to order; to purchase by order

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Characters in this word

订 dìng

Strokes
4
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 丁 nail
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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
More about the character 购

Example phrases

  • 医院通过统一平台订购耗材,以减少重复采购和库存浪费。 Yīyuàn tōngguò tǒngyī píngtái dìnggòu hàocái, yǐ jiǎnshǎo chóngfù cǎigòu hé kùcún làngfèi. The hospital orders consumables through a unified platform to reduce duplicate purchasing and inventory waste.
  • 我们在网上订购了一批新书。 Wǒmen zài wǎngshàng dìnggòu le yì pī xīn shū. We ordered a batch of new books online.
  • 这款沙发需要提前两周订购。 Zhè kuǎn shāfā xūyào tíqián liǎng zhōu dìnggòu. This sofa has to be ordered two weeks in advance.

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