gòu = g + ou4
to buy / to purchase
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How to pronounce 购

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.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

购 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
gōu = g + ou1
surname Gou
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gōu = g + ou1
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
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gòu = g + ou4
see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
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bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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Characters with 购 as component

购 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 购

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shopping
to purchase / to buy
to purchase; to buy

Sentences with 购

购 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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gòu

to buy / to purchase

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