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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
mǎi - to buy
- to purchase

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 246 235 110

Character Breakdown:

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Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 246 235 110
买卖 - 5 3,185 4,258 6,612
购买 - 4 4,996 943 1,218
买家 - - 5,261 - -
收买 - 7 6,612 21,618 23,502
牙买加 - - 10,446 33,929 43,417
孟买 - - 11,587 28,275 40,495
买主 - - 11,753 21,422 39,118
买通 - - 15,883 49,220 44,451
买不起 - 8 16,283 13,032 6,565
买进 - - 18,693 13,791 24,020
买房 - - 19,656 - -
买账 - - 24,768 50,368 48,407
买方 - - 37,182 17,880 38,815
买入 - - 37,475 5,992 8,537
招兵买马 - - 38,132 45,366 48,573
购买者 - - 39,240 22,357 40,883
强买强卖 - - 60,517 63,004 58,013
买断 - - 64,325 - -
购买力 - - 64,341 13,951 26,783
买价 - - 64,567 58,558 94,542
采买 - - 85,948 72,657 64,956
倒买倒卖 - - 90,911 - -