購入

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See also: 购入

Chinese

to buy; to purchase to enter
trad. (購入) 購 入
simp. (购入) 购 入

Pronunciation

Verb

購入

  1. to purchase

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
購 入
こう
Grade: S 		にゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

/koːnipu/ → /koːniɸu/ → /koːniu/ → /koːnjuː/

From Middle Chinese compound 購入／购入 (kuwH nyip, literally “present, give + enter”). Compare modern Cantonese reading kau3 jap6.

Pronunciation

Noun

購(こう)入(にゅう) • (kōnyū) ←こうにふ (kounifu)?

  1. a purchase, the act of buying something

Verb

購(こう)入(にゅう)する • (kōnyū suru) ←こうにふ (kounifu)?suru (stem 購(こう)入(にゅう)し (kōnyū shi), past 購(こう)入(にゅう)した (kōnyū shita))

  1. to purchase

Usage notes

Just as with English purchase compared to buy, the Chinese-derived 購入する (kōnyū suru) is more formal than the native Japanese term 買う (​kau). This is an example of the usual formality difference between kango terms versus native Japanese terms (大和言葉 (Yamato kotoba)).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "購入する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 購入し こうにゅうし kōnyū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 購入し こうにゅうし kōnyū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 購入する こうにゅうする kōnyū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 購入する こうにゅうする kōnyū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 購入すれ こうにゅうすれ kōnyū sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 購入せよ¹
購入しろ² 		こうにゅうせよ¹
こうにゅうしろ² 		kōnyū seyo¹
kōnyū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 購入される こうにゅうされる kōnyū sareru
Causative 購入させる
購入さす 		こうにゅうさせる
こうにゅうさす 		kōnyū saseru
kōnyū sasu
Potential 購入できる こうにゅうできる kōnyū dekiru
Volitional 購入しよう こうにゅうしよう kōnyū shiyō
Negative 購入しない こうにゅうしない kōnyū shinai
Negative continuative 購入せず こうにゅうせず kōnyū sezu
Formal 購入します こうにゅうします kōnyū shimasu
Perfective 購入した こうにゅうした kōnyū shita
Conjunctive 購入して こうにゅうして kōnyū shite
Hypothetical conditional 購入すれば こうにゅうすれば kōnyū sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
購入

Noun

購入 • (gu'ip) (hangeul 구입)

  1. hanja form? of 구입 (“purchase”)
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