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Meaning of 购

Pinyin gòu

Radical

贝

Strokes

Definition

to buy / to purchase

Usage

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购 gòu 〈动〉【本义】: 悬赏征求 The original meaning: To offer a reward for seeking. 【造字法】: 形声。从贝。从“贝”，表示与财物有关。 Character formation: Phonetic and semantic; derived from "shell," indicating a relationship with wealth. 【义】 1. 买: （[En.] purchase; buy） - 例如: 购买, 购置, 购销, 收购, 采购。 - For example: purchase, buy, acquire, acquire (goods), procure. 2. 悬赏征求: （[En.] offer a reward for） - 例如: 悬购, 购募（悬赏募求）。 - For example: reward recruitment, seeking with a reward. 3. 通“媾”: 讲和（[En.] make peace with a foreign country） - 例如: 购于秦（与秦国媾和; 向秦讲和）。 - For example: making peace with Qin (reaching an agreement with Qin). 【引】 1. 《说文》：购，以财有所求也。 "Shuōwén": To purchase is to seek something with wealth. 2. 《广雅·释言》：购，偿也。 "Guǎngyǎ": To purchase means to compensate. 3. 《史记·项羽本纪》：吾闻汉购我头千金，邑万户，吾为若德。 "Shǐjì": I have heard that the Han would pay a thousand gold for my head, and ten thousand households for my virtue. 4. 宋·文天祥《指南录后序》：穷饿无聊，追购又急，天高地迥，号呼靡及。 "Sòng": Exhausted and starving, I pursued an urgent purchase, but the heavens were high and the earth vast, and my cries went unheard. 【例】例如: 购求 (设置奖金以捉捕犯人); 购问 (悬赏征询); 购募 (悬赏募求); 购悬 (悬赏缉拿)。 For example: seeking purchase (offering a reward to capture criminals); reward inquiry (offering a reward for inquiries); recruitment with reward (offering a reward to seek); hanging a reward (offering a reward for capture). 2. 原指用重金收买，后泛指买（[En.] purchase; buy） - 例如: 购求 (寻求购买); 购粮; 购房; 购地; 赊购; 购辑 (购买收集); 购请 (购买)。 - For example: seeking to purchase; buying grain; buying a house; buying land; credit purchase; collecting purchases; requesting a purchase. 3. 通“媾”。讲和（[En.] make peace with a foreign country） - 例如: 购于秦 (与秦国媾和; 向秦讲和)。 - For example: making peace with Qin (reaching an agreement with Qin).

并购 bìng gòu

merger and acquisition (M and A) / acquisition / to take over

抢购 qiǎng gòu

to buy frenetically / to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)

收购 shōu gòu

to purchase (from various places) / to acquire (a company)

购汇 gòu huì

foreign exchange purchasing

洽购 qià gòu

Negotiate

申购 shēn gòu

to ask to buy / to bid for purchase

购买力 gòu mǎi lì

purchasing power

竞购 jìng gòu

to bid competitively / to compete to buy (at auction)

购置 gòu zhì

to purchase

购买 gòu mǎi

to purchase / to buy

订购 dìng gòu

to place an order / to subscribe

认购 rèn gòu

to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue)

赊购 shē gòu

to buy on credit / to delay payment

采购 cǎi gòu

to procure (for an enterprise etc) / to purchase

选购 xuǎn gòu

to select and purchase / to buy

购物 gòu wù

shopping

购销 gòu xiāo

purchase and sale / buying and selling

购房 gòu fáng

house-purchase

回购 huí gòu

buyback / repurchase / to buy back

购进 gòu jìn

buy / buying-in / purchase

购得 gòu dé

to purchase / to acquire

购入 gòu rù

purchase / buy

统购统销 tǒng gòu tǒng xiāo

state monopoly of purchasing and marketing

统购 tǒng gòu

state purchasing monopoly / unified government purchase

定购 dìng gòu

to order goods / to place an order