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購

简购 · 繁購

Mandarin · pinyin gòu

to buy
to purchase

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购: gòu · buy, purchase; hire

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4 · gou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau3 · kau3

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to buy; to purchase
(literary) to offer an award (e.g. for the capture of a criminal)
(literary) to hire

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