买入 (mǎi rù) — to buy, to purchase (formal/financial)

Definition

A formal/financial term for 'to buy in / purchase' (stocks, bonds, assets). Pairs with 卖出 ('to sell') in trading contexts; the everyday verb 买 covers ordinary shopping.

verb
to buyto purchase (formal/financial)

Examples

  • 买入。
    Tā zuó tiān mǎi rù le yì bǎi gǔ gōng sī de gǔ piào.
    He bought one hundred shares of the company's stock yesterday.
  • 买入。
    Jī jīn zuì jìn dà liàng mǎi rù guó zhài.
    The fund has been buying a large amount of government bonds recently.
  • 买入。
    Zhè ge yuè mǎi rù de zī chǎn yǐ jīng shēng zhí le.
    The assets bought this month have already appreciated in value.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

买mǎibuy
入rùin

The 买 part means buy and the 入 part means in, together meaning to acquire something into a position.

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 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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