买(mǎi)

HSK 16 strokesTrad. 買

to buy

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Character information

Pinyin
mǎi
Meaning
to buy; to purchase
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
買

Origin & structure

Where 买 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿱乛头

Made of

乛yǐ头tóu

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 買: money

How to write 买 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 买

Common words using 买 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

mǎi买mài卖
HSK 5

to buy and sell

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shōu收mǎi买
HSK 7-9

to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off

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mǎi买bù不qǐ起
HSK 7-9

cannot afford

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mèng孟mǎi买

Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

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cǎi采mǎi买

to purchase; to buy; to do one's shopping; purchasing agent; buyer

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dǎo倒mǎi买dǎo倒mài卖

to buy and sell at a profit

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gōng公mǎi买gōng公mài卖

buying and selling at fair prices

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bó博shì士mǎi买lǘ驴

(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even …

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