购 (gòu) means Buy (purchase). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
网上 购 物很方便。
Wǎng shàng gòuwù hěn fāngbiàn.
Shopping online is very convenient.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 购物
周末我常常去 购 物。
Zhōumò wǒ chángcháng qù gòuwù.
I often go shopping at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 购物
网上 购 物现在很盛行。
Wǎng shang gòuwù xiànzài hěn shèngxíng.
Online shopping is very prevalent nowadays.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛行
他负责公司的原材料采 购 。
Tā fùzé gōngsī de yuáncáiliào cǎigòu.
He is in charge of the company's raw-material purchasing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采购
这里简直是 购 物者的天堂。
Zhèlǐ jiǎnzhí shì gòuwùzhě de tiāntáng.
This place is simply a shopper's paradise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天堂
春节前大家都忙着采 购 年货。
Chūnjié qián dàjiā dōu mángzhe cǎigòu niánhuò.
Before the Spring Festival everyone is busy buying new-year supplies.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采购
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Words that contain 购
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Questions about 购
How is 购 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 购 (gòu, "Buy (purchase)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 购 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 购 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 购?
The dictionary page for 购 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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