买mǎito buy; to purchase
买 (mǎi) means "to buy" or "to purchase," as in 我想去商店买水果 (I want to go to the store to buy fruit), 妈妈在超市买了很多东西 (Mom bought a lot of things at the supermarket) and 这个太贵了,我不买 (This is too expensive; I won't buy it). This entry covers this one sense, shown with its examples below.
What does 买 mean?
- 1.
to buy; to purchaseverb
What does the character 买 mean?
- 买to buy; to purchase
How do you use 买?
See it in 我想去商店买水果, 妈妈在超市买了很多东西 and 这个太贵了,我不买.
What are some examples of 买 in a sentence?
How is 买 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你去哪儿?
Nǐ qù nǎr?
Where are you going?
- Speaker B:
我想去商店买水果。
Wǒ xiǎng qù shāngdiàn mǎi shuǐguǒ.
I want to go to the store to buy fruit.
- Speaker A:
我也去,我们一起去吧。
Wǒ yě qù, wǒmen yìqǐ qù ba.
I'll go too. Let's go together.
- Speaker B:
好啊。
Hǎo a.
Sure.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.