购 (gòu): to buy
购 (gòu) is a Chinese character meaning “to buy.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 勾 (phonetic). It ranks #1077 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 购 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, expensive), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to buy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 购
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 购物verb | gòu wù | shopping | 4 |
| 购买verb | gòu mǎi | to purchase | 4 |
| 网购verb | wǎng gòu | Internet shopping | 4 |
| 收购verb | shōu gòu | to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization) | 6 |
| 采购verb/noun | cǎi gòu | to procure (for an enterprise etc) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 订购verb | dìng gòu | to place an order |
| 并购verb | bìng gòu | merger and acquisition (M and A) |
| 邮购verb | yóu gòu | to purchase by mail |
| 抢购verb | qiǎng gòu | to buy frenetically |
| 定购verb | dìng gòu | to order goods |
| 选购verb | xuǎn gòu | to select and purchase |
| 购置verb | gòu zhì | to purchase |
| 采购员noun | cǎi gòu yuán | buyer |
| 购得verb | gòu dé | to purchase |
| 购买力noun | gòu mǎi lì | purchasing power |
| 预购verb | yù gòu | advance purchase |
| 购物券 | gòu wù quàn | coupon |
| 申购 | shēn gòu | to ask to buy |
| 代购verb | dài gòu | to buy (on behalf of sb) |
| 购货 | gòu huò | purchase of goods |
购 appears in 61 compound words: 26 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 购 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
网上购物很方便，可以节省很多时间。
Wǎngshang gòuwù hěn fāngbiàn, kěyǐ jiéshěng hěn duō shíjiān.
Online shopping is very convenient and can save a lot of time.
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nián hòu kāi xué cǎi gòu jí shí dào wèi C o u p a n g kù péng huǒ jiàn sù pèi gé rì . . .
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无糖食品店靠谱吗?线下专营店比网购更可信吗
wú táng shí pǐn diàn kào pǔ ma ? xiàn xià zhuān yíng diàn bǐ wǎng gòu gēng kě xìn ma
Are sugar free food stores reliable? Is offline franchise store more credible than online shopping?
广汽本田推出雅阁 e:PHEV 老客户复购价:13.88 万元,全国限量 1000...
guǎng qì běn tián tuī chū yǎ gé e : P H E V lǎo kè hù fù gòu jià : 1 3 . 8 8 wàn yuán , quán guó xiàn liàng 1 0 0 0 . . .
Guangqi Honda launched the Accord e:PHEV repurchase price for old customers: 138,800 yuan, limited to 1,000 yuan nationwide...
新春走基层|超六成受访青年认为购买潮玩盲盒是“为情..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng chāo liù chéng shòu fǎng qīng nián rèn wéi gòu mǎi cháo wán máng hé shì wéi qíng . .
Over 60% of the young people surveyed think that buying a blind box is "for the love of...
新春走基层|拉萨:年货购销两旺 高原喜迎新年
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng lā sà nián huò gòu xiāo liǎng wàng gāo yuán xǐ yíng xīn nián
New Year's walk grassroots | Lhasa: New Year's goods purchase and sale of two prosperous plateau to welcome the new year
我需要购买新的镜架。
Wǒ xūyào gòumǎi xīn de jìngjià.
I need to buy new spectacle frames.
首次订购可获九五折的特别优惠。
Shǒucì dìnggòu kě huò jiǔ wǔ zhé de tèbié yōuhuì.
Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.
所有订购必须在今年年底前支付款项。
Suǒyǒu dìnggòu bìxū zài jīnnián niándǐ qián zhīfù kuǎnxiàng.
All subscriptions must be paid before the end of this year.
我从伦敦订购了一本书。
Wǒ cóng Lúndūn dìnggòu le yī běn shū.
I ordered a book from London.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 贝 (money) component
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