購入

購入

See also: 购入

Chinese

		to buy; to purchase	to enter
trad. (購入)		購	入
simp. (购入)		购	入

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòurù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ ㄖㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ jap⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): káng-ji̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gòurù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gowruh
    • IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ jap⁶
    • Yale: kau yahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ jap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ yeb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ jɐp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-ji̍p
    • Tâi-lô: káng-ji̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafngjip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡ʑip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑip̚⁴/

Verb

購入

1. to purchase

Synonyms

• 購買／购买 (gòumǎi)
• 買／买 (mǎi)
• 收購／收购 (shōugòu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
購	入
こう Grade: S	にゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/koːnipu/ → /koːniɸu/ → /koːniu/ → /koːnjuː/

From Middle Chinese compound 購入 (kuw^H nyip, literally “present, give + enter”). Compare modern Cantonese reading kau³ jap⁶.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーにゅう [kòónyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

購入 (hiragana こうにゅう, rōmaji kōnyū, historical hiragana こうにふ)

1. a purchase, the act of buying something

Verb

購入する (hiragana こうにゅうする, rōmaji kōnyū suru, historical hiragana こうにふする)

1. to purchase

Usage notes

Just as with English purchase compared to buy, the Chinese-derived 購入する (kōnyū suru) is more formal than the native Japanese term 買う (​kau). This is an example of the usual formality difference between kango terms versus native Japanese terms (大和言葉 (Yamato kotoba)).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "購入する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	購入し	こうにゅうし	kōnyū shi
Continuative (連用形)	購入し	こうにゅうし	kōnyū shi
Terminal (終止形)	購入する	こうにゅうする	kōnyū suru
Attributive (連体形)	購入する	こうにゅうする	kōnyū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	購入すれ	こうにゅうすれ	kōnyū sure
Imperative (命令形)	購入せよ¹ 購入しろ²	こうにゅうせよ¹ こうにゅうしろ²	kōnyū seyo¹ kōnyū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	購入される	こうにゅうされる	kōnyū sareru
Causative	購入させる 購入さす	こうにゅうさせる こうにゅうさす	kōnyū saseru kōnyū sasu
Potential	購入できる	こうにゅうできる	kōnyū dekiru
Volitional	購入しよう	こうにゅうしよう	kōnyū shiyō
Negative	購入しない	こうにゅうしない	kōnyū shinai
Negative continuative	購入せず	こうにゅうせず	kōnyū sezu
Formal	購入します	こうにゅうします	kōnyū shimasu
Perfective	購入した	こうにゅうした	kōnyū shita
Conjunctive	購入して	こうにゅうして	kōnyū shite
Hypothetical conditional	購入すれば	こうにゅうすれば	kōnyū sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 買 (か)う (kau)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
購	入

Noun

購入 • (gu-ip) (hangeul 구입)

1. Hanja form^? of 구입 (“purchase”).