HSK 1 · Shopping & money

买

mǎi

to buy

Stroke order of 买

买 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A hook '乛' over a head '头' — snatching something you want to buy.

Parts: 乛 + 头 (simplified from 買: 网 net + 貝 shell/money)

Example sentence

我去商店买东西。

I'm going to the shop to buy things.

More words: Shopping & money

钱money 钱包wallet 块yuan (unit of money, spoken)毛ten cents (spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 书店bookstore 包bag; to wrap

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