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购买

to purchase

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

gou4mai3 • gòumǎi

Meaning

Primary

to purchase

Alternatives

purchase, purchases, purchased, purchasing, to buy, buy

Mnemonic

购买 To purchase something is 买 to buy or 购 to purchase it, since both those characters means the same thing.

Usage

我 需要 购买 一 件 新 衬衫。

I need to purchase a new shirt.

你 无法 购买 爱情。

You can't purchase love.