Definition
货 (huò) is a common, everyday word for 'goods' or 'merchandise' in speech and simple contexts. It's more casual than 商品 (shāngpǐn), which is used for commodities in a commercial or formal setting, and less specific than 货物 (huòwù), which refers to freight or shipped goods.
noun
goodsmerchandisecommodity
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
- 花huālook-aliketo spend (money or time)
- 活huósound-alike(verb) to live
- 或huòsound-alike(conjunction) or (used to link alternatives)
- 火huǒsound-alikefire (noun)
- 伙huǒsound-alike(classifier) for groups of people
- 豁huōsound-alike(verb) to crack, to split, to open a gap
Examples
- 货。Zhè jiā diàn de huò hěn piányi.The goods in this shop are very cheap.
- 货？Zhèxiē huò de jiàgé zěnmeyàng?How are the prices of these goods?
- 。Wǒmen míngtiān qù jìn huò.We are going to stock up on goods tomorrow.
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