买mǎito buy
- Theme
- Verbs
- Level
- First words
- Strokes
- 6
- Syllable
- mai
How 买 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我去买东西。
Wǒ qù mǎi dōngxi.
I'm going shopping.
- 我wǒI
- 去qùto go
- 买mǎito buy
- 东西dōngxithing
她买了两本书。
Tā mǎi le liǎng běn shū.
She bought two books.
- 她tāshe
- 买mǎito buy
- 了lecompleted action marker
- 两liǎngtwo
- 本běnmeasure word for books
- 书shūbook
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 卖
- 头
- 实