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买主 (mǎi zhǔ) — buyer, customer

Definition

noun
buyercustomer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 买主。
    Zhè ge fáng zi de mǎi zhǔ shì yí wèi nián qīng nǚ shì.
    The buyer of this house is a young woman.
  • 买主。
    Pāi mài huì shàng yǒu hěn duō mǎi zhǔ jìng zhēng zhè fú huà.
    At the auction, many buyers competed for this painting.
  • 买主。
    Jiù chē shì chǎng lǐ mǎi zhǔ hé mài zhǔ zhèng zài tán jià gé.
    In the used car market, the buyer and the seller are negotiating the price.

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.

买mǎibuy
主zhǔperson

The buying idea identifies the 主 as the person involved in a purchase.

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.

Open 买 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →
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