# 購買
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gòumǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄇㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^3$ maai$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kio-bóe / kò͘-bóe / kò͘-bé / kò͘-mái
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gou$^3$ bhoi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gòumǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄇㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gòumǎi
*** Wade–Giles: kou$^4$-mai$^3$
*** Yale: gòu-mǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowmae
*** Palladius: гоумай (goumaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /koʊ̯⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^3$ maai$^5$
*** Yale: kau máaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^3$ maai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^3$ mai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯³³ maːi̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio-bóe
*** Tâi-lô: kio-bué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioi'boea
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kio³³ bue⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bóe
*** Tâi-lô: kòo-bué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: korboea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bé
*** Tâi-lô: kòo-bé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: korbea
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-mái
*** Tâi-lô: kòo-mái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kormae
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ mãi⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gou$^3$ bhoi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu bói
*** Sinological IPA : /kou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ boi⁵²⁻²¹/

### Verb

購買
* (transitive) to purchase; to buy
       Wèile fāngbiàn xuéshēng gòumǎi huíjiā chēpiào, xuéxiào yǐ kāizhǎn gèzhǒng huódòng. [Pinyin]
       The school has launched a number of programs to make it convenient for students to purchase tickets home.

#### Synonyms

* 備置／备置 (bèizhì)
* 採買／采买 (cǎimǎi)
* 採購／采购 (cǎigòu)
* 採辦／采办 (cǎibàn)
* 置辦／置办 (zhìbàn)
* 購得／购得 (gòudé)
* 購置／购置 (gòuzhì)

#### Derived terms

* 購買人／购买人 (gòumǎirén)
* 購買力／购买力 (gòumǎilì)
* 購買慾／购买欲 (gòumǎiyù)
* 購買癖／购买癖 (gòumǎipǐ)
* 購買者／购买者 (gòumǎizhě)

## Japanese

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーばい [kòóbáí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːba̠i]

### Noun

購(こう)買(ばい) • (kōbai)
* purchasing
* 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))
* to purchase

#### Conjugation

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 ||||

#### Synonyms

* 買(か)う (kau)

### References

* ↑ 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