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HSK
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to buy

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mai3 mǎi

Meaning


Primary

to buy

Alternatives

buy, buying, buys, bought

Mnemonic


[m-] Mario is in the [3] basement of the [-ai] high school, on a plumbing mission. A weird high school student is in the corner, with a 罒 net full of 貝 shellfish. "psst, red hat, come here", the student whispers to Mario. He wants Mario 買 to buy some of his 貝 shellfish. His sales pitch is that it is kind of like Girl Scout cookies, except they are disgusting 貝 shellfish instead. Why is this weirdo in the basement?

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