Chinese word

拼团

Pronunciation

Pinyinpīn tuán

Meaning

  • verbbuy as a group

Example

我在网上和朋友拼团买了那件衣服。wǒ zài wǎng shàng hé péng yǒu pīn tuán mǎi le nà jiàn yī fú

I teamed up with friends online to buy that piece of clothing.

Illustration for 拼团 (buy as a group)

More examples

老板让大家拼团买办公用品，成本更低。láo bǎn ràng dà jiā pīn tuán mǎi bàn gōng yòng pǐn chéng běn gèng dī

The boss asked everyone to buy office supplies as a group, so the cost was lower.

Core concept

A shared purchase grows by adding people until it qualifies for a special price or order condition.

Common phrases

  • 通过拼团买电子产品tōng guò pīn tuán mǎi diàn zi chán pǐn

    group-buy electronic products

  • 参加拼团cān jiā pīn tuán

    take part in a group purchase

  • 在淘宝上拼团买手机zài táo bǎo shàng pīn tuán mái shǒu jī

    group-buy a phone on Taobao

Similar words

团购tuán gòu: Purchasing goods together in a group so that everyone can pay less.
拼单pīn dān: Putting several people's purchases into one order to reduce shipping costs or gain a discount.
参团cān tuán: Taking part in a group purchase that has already been arranged.
组团zǔ tuán: Bringing people together to form a group purchase.

Definition in Chinese

指在电商或社交平台上通过邀请他人或加入已有订单，共同下单以获得更低价格或满足起订量的购买方式。zhǐ zài diàn shāng huò shè jiāo píng tái shàng tōng guò yāo qǐng tā rén huò jiā rù yí yǒu dìng dān gòng tóng xià dān yǐ huò dé gèng dī jià gé huò mǎn zú qǐ dìng liàng de gòu mǎi fāng shì

Word origin

拼团 (pīntuán, "group buying") joins 拼 (pīn, "join together") with 团 (tuán, "group"), reflecting the process of gathering shoppers into one online order.

Usage tips

  • In spoken Chinese, the term can describe both joining an existing order and inviting others to create one, so the surrounding context shows which action is meant.

Opposites

  • 单独下单dān dú xià dānplace an individual orderverb

Related words

  • 拼团折扣pīn tuán zhé kòugroup-purchase discountnoun

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