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mǎi = m + ai3
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How to pronounce 买

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai3 final

In the airplane’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

买 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
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suffix for nouns
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zhé = zh + e2
variant of 乙[zhe2]
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Characters with 买 as component

mài = m + ai4
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
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mǎi = m + ai3
see 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[ju4 mai3 cai4]
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Words with 买

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to buy detail / to buy one at a time
Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)

Sentences with 买

买 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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mǎi

to buy / to purchase

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