购进 (gòu jìn) — to purchase (wholesale), to buy in bulk

Definition

verb
to purchase (wholesale)to buy in bulk

Examples

  • 购进。
    Gōng sī cóng guó wài gòu jìn le yì pī yuán cái liào.
    The company purchased a batch of raw materials from abroad.
  • 购进。
    Zhè jiā chāo shì měi tiān gòu jìn dà liàng xīn xiān shuǐ guǒ.
    This supermarket purchases a large amount of fresh fruit every day.
  • 购进。
    Tā men jì huà gòu jìn shí tái xīn jī qì.
    They plan to purchase ten new machines.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

购gòubuy
进jìnin

“购” (buy) and “进” (in) combine to mean buy goods into inventory.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 購; 购 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishellfish
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu購gòu
Same sound today

The traditional form 購 pairs 貝, a shellfish, with 冓, which gives the sound; the simplified 购 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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