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购物

gòu wù · gou wu

Traditional 購物

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. shopping
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Double Eleven

  1. Liangliang

    双十一(shuāngshíyī)你(nǐ)购物(gòuwù)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you do any shopping on Double Eleven?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)很多(hěnduō)东西(dōngxi)放进(fàngjìn)了(le)购物(gòuwù)车(chē)，可是(kěshì)没(méi)买(mǎi)。

    I put many things in my shopping cart, but I did not buy.

  3. Liangliang

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why not?

  4. Dengdeng

    购物(gòuwù)车(chē)里(lǐ)的(de)钱(qián)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)工资(gōngzī)还(hái)多(duō)。

    The money in the cart is more than my salary.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)别(bié)在(zài)网上(wǎngshàng)购物(gòuwù)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)超市(chāoshì)。

    Then stop shopping online. Let's go to the supermarket.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，在(zài)超市(chāoshì)购物(gòuwù)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)买(mǎi)需要(xūyào)的(de)东西(dōngxi)。

    OK. When I shop at the supermarket I only buy what I need.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)在(zài)纽(niǔ)约(yuē)第(dì)五(wǔ)大(dà)街(jiē)购(gòu)物(wù)。

I like shopping on Fifth Avenue in New York.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by peterius · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)将(jiāng)会(huì)和(hé)我(wǒ)一(yì)起(qǐ)去(qù)购(gòu)物(wù)吗(ma)？

Will you go shopping with me?

Tatoeba: Chinese by zhaoxin · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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购
gòu

to buy; to purchase

物
wù

(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

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