买家 (mǎi jiā) — buyer, purchaser | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

买家 is the 'buyer' in a transaction, always paired with 卖家 ('seller') — the two form a natural pair in commercial and online-shopping contexts.

noun

buyerpurchaser

Measure word · 个

买家。
Zhè wèi mǎi jiā hěn mǎn yì wǒ men de chǎn pǐn.
This buyer is very satisfied with our product.
买家。
Zuó tiān yǒu sān wèi mǎi jiā xià le dìng dān.
Yesterday three buyers placed orders.
买家。
Wǒ men xū yào zhǎo dào gèng duō de mǎi jiā.
We need to find more buyers.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

It combines 买, meaning buy, with 家, meaning person, to denote a buyer.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 買; 买 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 買, 网 is a net and 貝 is a money cowrie.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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