购
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gòu · to buy, to purchase

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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贝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 购

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Example sentences

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Wǒ dāng shí měi gè yuè dōu huì gòu mǎi wǔ běn shū.我当时每个月都会购买五本书。

I bought five books a month.

Source: Tatoeba #429478 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bú yào wǒ gēn zhe tā qù gòu wù.他不要我跟着她去购物。

He didn't want me to go shopping with her.

Source: Tatoeba #9415042 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ cóng měi guó dìng gòu le yì xiē xīn shū.我从美国订购了一些新书。

I ordered some new books from America.

Source: Tatoeba #604489 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xū yào gòu mǎi xīn de jìng jià.我需要购买新的镜架。

I need to buy new spectacle frames.

Source: Tatoeba #332790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gòu mǎi yì běn shū huā fèi le sān shí měi yuán.我购买一本书花费了三十美元。

I spent thirty dollars on a book.

Source: Tatoeba #10983909 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài hěn duō guó jiā, gòu mǎi hé xī shí dà má shì wéi fǎ de.在很多国家,购买和吸食大麻是违法的。

In many countries, buying or smoking cannabis is forbidden by law.

Source: Tatoeba #1193449 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 购 in context

  1. Say gòu, then recall the core meaning: to buy, to purchase.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 购买 (gòu mǎi), meaning “to purchase”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 购 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.