买方 (mǎi fāng) — buyer

Definition

noun
buyer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 买方。
    mǎi fāng Zài qiān hé tong qián zǐ xì jiǎn chá le shāng pǐn.
    The buyer carefully inspected the goods before signing the contract.
  • 买方,。
    Zhè ge shì chǎng xiàn zài shì mǎi fāng shì chǎng, jià gé hěn dī.
    This market is now a buyer's market, with very low prices.
  • 买方。
    mǎi fāng Hé mài fāng dá chéng le jiāo yì xié yì.
    The buyer and seller reached a transaction agreement.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

方fāngside/party

The 买 part means buy and the 方 part means side or party, together meaning the buying party.

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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