Chinese word

大宗

Pronunciation

Pinyindà zōng

Meaning

  • nounbulk purchase

Example

顾客常常大宗购买生活用品以节省开支。gù kè cháng cháng dà zōng gòu mǎi shēng huó yòng pǐn yǐ jié shěng kāi zhī

Customers often buy daily necessities in bulk to save money.

Illustration for 大宗 (bulk purchase)

More examples

公司通过大宗采购降低了原材料成本。gōng sī tōng guò dà zōng cǎi gòu jiàng dī le yuán cái liào chéng běn

The company lowered raw material costs by purchasing in bulk.

Core concept

Many goods gathered into a single buying lot instead of being purchased separately.

Common phrases

  • 大宗购买dà zōng gòu mǎi

    bulk buying

  • 大宗采购dà zōng cǎi gòu

    bulk purchasing

  • 大宗交易dà zōng jiāo yì

    large-volume trading

  • 大宗订单dà zōng dìng dān

    large order

  • 大宗商品dà zōng shāng pǐn

    bulk goods

Similar words

批发pī fā: A business transaction in which goods are sold in large quantities.
团购tuán gòu: A purchase made by several consumers ordering together to receive a discount or other benefit.
采购cǎi gòu: The planned buying of goods that a company or organization needs for its work.
批量pī liàng: A measured quantity or unit used when goods are produced, sold, or bought.

Definition in Chinese

指一次性购买大量商品，通常用于商业或批发的场合。zhǐ yí cì xìng gòu mǎi dà liàng shāng pǐn tōng cháng yòng yú shāng yè huò pī fā de chǎng hé

Word origin

大 (dà, "large") points to size, while 宗 (zōng, "main part") suggests a unified share, so their combination describes a major quantity treated as one commercial unit.

Usage tips

  • In a conversational course, this word is useful for recognizing business language in procurement discussions and company reports, but it is less natural for casual shopping talk.

Other meanings

  • large ordernoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 大宗商品dà zōng shāng pǐnbulk goodsnoun
  • 大宗交易dà zōng jiāo yìlarge-volume tradingnoun

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