購買

See also: 购买

Chinese

		to buy; to purchase	buy
trad. (購買)		購	買
simp. (购买)		购	买

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòumǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄇㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ maai⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kio-bóe / kò͘-bóe / kò͘-bé / kò͘-mái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou³ bhoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòumǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòumǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴-mai³
    • Yale: gòu-mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowmae
    • Palladius: гоумай (goumaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ maai⁵
    • Yale: kau máaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ maai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ mai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ maːi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: kio-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'boea
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³ bue⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korboea
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bé
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korbea
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-mái
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-mái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kormae
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ mãi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou³ bhoi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu bói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ boi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

購買

1. (transitive) to purchase; to buy

   為了方便學生購買回家車票，學校已開展各種活動。 [MSC, trad.]
   为了方便学生购买回家车票，学校已开展各种活动。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wèile fāngbiàn xuéshēng gòumǎi huíjiā chēpiào, xuéxiào yǐ kāizhǎn gèzhǒng huódòng. [Pinyin]

   The school has launched a number of programs to make it convenient for students to purchase tickets home.

Synonyms

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• 備置 / 备置 (bèizhì)
• 採買 / 采买 (cǎimǎi)
• 採購 / 采购 (cǎigòu)
• 採辦 / 采办 (cǎibàn)
• 置辦 / 置办 (zhìbàn)
• 購得 / 购得 (gòudé)
• 購置 / 购置 (gòuzhì)

Derived terms

• 購買人 / 购买人 (gòumǎirén)
• 購買力 / 购买力 (gòumǎilì)
• 購買慾 / 购买欲 (gòumǎiyù)
• 購買癖 / 购买癖 (gòumǎipǐ)
• 購買者 / 购买者 (gòumǎizhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
購	買
こう Grade: S	ばい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーばい [kòóbáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːba̠i]

Noun

購(こう)買(ばい) • (kōbai) 

1. purchasing
2. school food shop

   購買(こうばい)でパンを買(か)う

   kōbai de pan o kau

   to buy a bun at the school food shop

Verb

購(こう)買(ばい)する • (kōbai suru) suru (stem 購(こう)買(ばい)し (kōbai shi), past 購(こう)買(ばい)した (kōbai shita))

1. to purchase

Conjugation

Conjugation of "購買する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	購買し	こうばいし	kōbai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	購買し	こうばいし	kōbai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	購買する	こうばいする	kōbai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	購買する	こうばいする	kōbai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	購買すれ	こうばいすれ	kōbai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	購買せよ¹ 購買しろ²	こうばいせよ¹ こうばいしろ²	kōbai seyo¹ kōbai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	購買される	こうばいされる	kōbai sareru
Causative	購買させる 購買さす	こうばいさせる こうばいさす	kōbai saseru kōbai sasu
Potential	購買できる	こうばいできる	kōbai dekiru
Volitional	購買しよう	こうばいしよう	kōbai shiyō
Negative	購買しない	こうばいしない	kōbai shinai
Negative continuative	購買せず	こうばいせず	kōbai sezu
Formal	購買します	こうばいします	kōbai shimasu
Perfective	購買した	こうばいした	kōbai shita
Conjunctive	購買して	こうばいして	kōbai shite
Hypothetical conditional	購買すれば	こうばいすれば	kōbai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 買(か)う (kau)

References

• “購買”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026