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买 mǎi — “to buy”

How to write and say the Chinese character 买 (mǎi), which means to buy — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Everyday actions.

Stroke order笔顺

买 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Simplified from 買 — a net scooping up shells, the coins of long ago. Shopping!

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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