How to say "to buy" in Chinese
买
mǎito buyPart of speech: Verbs
"to buy" in Chinese is 买 — pronounced mǎi.
In a sentence
- 你好！你要买什么？Nǐ hǎo! Nǐ yào mǎi shénme?Hello! What would you like to buy?
- 你买几斤？Nǐ mǎi jǐ jīn?How many jin are you buying?
Sentence patterns that use it
- 我要买___。I want to buy ___.
- 今天我们去___。Today we go to ___.
- 我买 ___。I'll buy ___
Hear the tones, then say it back
Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 买 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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