購買

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See also: 购买

Chinese

to buy; to purchase buy
trad. (購買) 購 買
simp. (购买) 购 买

Pronunciation

Verb

購買

  1. (transitive) to purchase; to buy
    為了方便學生購買回家車票，學校已開展各種活動。 [MSC, trad.]
    为了方便学生购买回家车票，学校已开展各种活动。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wèile fāngbiàn xuéshēng gòumǎi huíjiā chēpiào, xuéxiào yǐ kāizhǎn gèzhǒng huódòng.
    The school has launched a number of programs to make it convenient for students to purchase tickets home.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
購 買
こう
Grade: S 		ばい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

購(こう)買(ばい) • (kōbai) 

  1. purchasing
  2. school food shop
    購買(こうばい)でパンを買(か)う
    kōbai de pan o kau
    to buy a bun at the school food shop

Verb

購(こう)買(ばい)する • (kōbai suru) suru (stem 購(こう)買(ばい)し (kōbai shi), past 購(こう)買(ばい)した (kōbai shita))

  1. to purchase

Conjugation

Conjugation of "購買する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 購買し こうばいし kōbai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 購買し こうばいし kōbai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 購買する こうばいする kōbai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 購買する こうばいする kōbai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 購買すれ こうばいすれ kōbai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 購買せよ¹
購買しろ² 		こうばいせよ¹
こうばいしろ² 		kōbai seyo¹
kōbai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 購買される こうばいされる kōbai sareru
Causative 購買させる
購買さす 		こうばいさせる
こうばいさす 		kōbai saseru
kōbai sasu
Potential 購買できる こうばいできる kōbai dekiru
Volitional 購買しよう こうばいしよう kōbai shiyō
Negative 購買しない こうばいしない kōbai shinai
Negative continuative 購買せず こうばいせず kōbai sezu
Formal 購買します こうばいします kōbai shimasu
Perfective 購買した こうばいした kōbai shita
Conjunctive 購買して こうばいして kōbai shite
Hypothetical conditional 購買すれば こうばいすれば kōbai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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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
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