购买 (gòu mǎi) means “buy” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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很多人会在促销时在网上购买衣服。hěn duō rén huì zài cù xiāo shí zài wǎng shàng gòu mǎi yī fú

Many people buy clothes online during sales.

An exchange in which money or an equivalent secures goods or services in a formal transaction.

买mǎi: Buying goods or services in everyday speech, especially at a shop or market.

用货币或等价物取得商品或服务的动作或过程，语体偏书面或商务。yòng huò bì huò děng jià wù qǔ dé shāng pǐn huò fú wù de dòng zuò huò guò chéng yú tǐ piān shū miàn huò shāng wù

购 (gòu, "purchase") + 买 (mǎi, "buy") combine two near-synonymous elements into a formal term for obtaining goods or services.

In reading, this verb often signals an official or commercial setting, so it commonly appears in policies, product pages, and transaction records rather than casual personal stories.