購 (kau3 gau3 | gou4) : purchase

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購

kau3 gau3

gou4

purchase; buy

kau3 is the colloquial sound; gau3, the literary. However, most people prefer to use kau3 in all situations.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

購 / 购

This word has been viewed 7119 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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購物中心 kau3 mat6 zung1 sam1 gou4 wu4 zhong1 xin1 = shopping centre; shopping mall

收購 sau1 kau3 shou1 gou4 = to purchase; to buy

郵購 jau4 kau3 you2 gou4 = mail order

塑膠購物袋 sou3 gaau1 kau3 mat6 doi6*2 = plastic shopping bag 粵

採購 coi2 kau3 cai3 gou4 = to purchase (esp. for a firm or an organisation)

訂購 deng6 kau3 ding4 gou4 = to order; to subscribe; subscriber

購買 kau3 maai5 gou4 mai3 = to purchase

搶購 coeng2 kau3 qiang3 gou4 = panic buying, rushing to buy

購物 kau3 mat6 gou4 wu4 = shopping

購買力 kau3 maai5 lik6 gou4 mai3 li4 = purchasing power; buying power
See all 29 compounds (CantoDict reports 30 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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買滿$30可以用優惠價$5換購汽水一支
Spend over $30, can get a bottle of soft drink for $5

要唔要加$5換購朱古力?
Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate?

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 購
Unicode code for this character: U+8cfc (off-site link)

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