Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "买", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "买", and master the standard way of writing the character "买".
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买
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【本义】: 买进,购进 (Original meaning: to purchase; to buy)
【造字法】: 会意。小篆字形,从网贝。“网”是收进,“贝”是财货。合起来表示把财货购进来。 (Character formation: Pictophonetic. The small seal script combines "网" which means to collect and "贝" which means wealth, implying the acquisition of goods.)
【同义词】
1. 同本义 ([En.] purchase; buy)
2. 雇,租 ([En.] hire)
3. 用金钱或其他手段取得; 收买,买通 ([En.] buy over; bribe)
4. 招惹,引起 ([En.] provoke; incur)
5. 博取; 追逐 ([En.] try to gain; contend for; pursue)
【引文】
1. 《说文》:买,市也。
2. 《庄子·逍遥游》:请买其方百金。
3. 《墨子·经说》:买粥易也。
4. 《韩非子·外储说左上》:郑人买其椟而还其珠。
5. 《礼记·曲礼》:买妾不知其姓,则卜之。
【例子】
又如: 买嘴吃 (buy snacks to eat); 买市 (former official or wealthy gentry would periodically gather merchants to trade goods, rewarding the common people); 买山 (purchase land for retreat); 买骨 (buy horse bones, metaphor for seeking talents); 买菜求益 (try to get more vegetables when buying them, metaphor for being overly cautious).
【雇,租 (hire)】
1. 清· 彭端淑《为学一首示子侄》:买舟而下。
又如: 买棹 (charter a boat); 买帆 (buy a boat; hire a boat); 买佣 (hire workers); 买活 (employ).
【用金钱或其他手段取得; 收买,买通 (buy over; bribe)】
1. 李白《梁园吟》:沉吟此事泪满衣,黄金买醉未能归。
又如: 买和 (pay off a party to abandon a lawsuit); 买上告下 (bribe officials at various levels); 习官 (obtain an official position through bribes); 习邻 (choose good neighbors before buying a house); 买路钱 (money paid to thieves for safe passage); 买休 (pay to resolve criminal matters).
【招惹,引起 (provoke; incur)】
1. 《战国策·韩策》:此所谓市怨而买祸者也。
又如: 买忧 (invite troubles); 买出 (provoke; cause to arise); 买憔悴 (seek troubles; attract misfortune).
【博取; 追逐 (try to gain; contend for; pursue)】
又如: 买乖儿 (taking shortcuts); 买笑追欢 (seek entertainment); 买誉 (gain fame); 买声儿 (gain reputation); 买名 (exchange money for fame; chase reputation); 买交 (spend money to make friends).