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Character #246 · The First 1000

mǎi

buy

to buy; to purchase

Strokes
612
TraditionalSimplified
買 买
Poster cell
V9
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • mǎi dōngxi to go shopping
  • gòumǎi to purchase
  • mǎimài buying and selling; business
  • mǎifáng to buy a house
  • mǎidān to pay the bill
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 买買

Write 买買 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, mǎi, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

A4 PDF US Letter PDF
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell V9 · 28 × 36 grid

买買 is #246 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 买 mean in English?
买 (mǎi) means "buy": to buy; to purchase.
How do you pronounce 买?
买 is pronounced mǎi in pinyin, with the third (dipping) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄇㄞˇ.
How many strokes does 买 have?
The simplified form, 买, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 買, has 12.
What is the traditional form of 买?
The traditional form of 买 is 買. 买 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 買 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 买?
Common words that use 买 include 买东西 (mǎi dōngxi, to go shopping), 购买 (gòumǎi, to purchase), 买卖 (mǎimài, buying and selling; business), 买房 (mǎifáng, to buy a house).
How common is 买?
买 is number 246 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell V9 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.