购入 (gòu rù) — to purchase, to buy (formal)

Definition

A formal/written verb for 'to purchase' — used in business, finance, and reporting rather than everyday shopping. Compare with the more neutral 买.

verb

to purchaseto buy (formal)

购入。
Gōng sī zuì jìn gòu rù le yì pī xīn shè bèi.
The company recently purchased a batch of new equipment.
购入。
Tā jì huà gòu rù yí tào gōng yù zuò wéi tóu zī.
He plans to buy an apartment as an investment.
购入。
Zhè jiā qǐ yè qù nián gòu rù le dà liàng yuán cái liào.
This enterprise purchased a large amount of raw materials last year.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

购 'buy' with 入 'in' expresses bringing something into possession.

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.

貝冓購

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.

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'.