采购 meaning in English
to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
Meaning of 采购
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to procure (for an enterprise etc)
- to purchase
How to use 采购
采购 is used for planned, often large-scale buying by a company, school, or government, not casual shopping. It can also be a noun for the purchasing job or the person who does it. Example: 公司每个月采购一次办公用品。(Gōngsī měi gè yuè cǎigòu yí cì bàngōng yòngpǐn.) The company buys office supplies once a month.
采 (cǎi) means to pick or gather, and 购 (gòu) means to buy, as in 购买 (gòumǎi). Picture someone going out to gather the goods a company needs and paying for them: that is 采购.
Common mistake: Learners often use 采购 for everyday personal shopping, like buying clothes for yourself, where 买 (mǎi) or 购物 (gòuwù) sounds natural. Also watch the tone: 采 is third tone (cǎi), not fourth like 菜 (cài).
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采 cǎi · to pick · 8 strokes
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购 gòu · to buy · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 采购.
| 采取 | cǎiqǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 采用 | cǎiyòng | to adopt; to employ |
| 采访 | cǎifǎng | to interview; to gather news |
| 购买 | gòumǎi | to purchase; to buy |
| 购物 | gòuwù | shopping |
| 收购 | shōugòu | to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); |
| 采纳 | cǎinà | to accept; to adopt |
| 订购 | dìnggòu | to place an order; to subscribe |
| 采集 | cǎijí | to gather; to collect |
| 开采 | kāicǎi | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit |
| 采矿 | cǎikuàng | mining |
| 风采 | fēngcǎi | svelte; elegant manner |
Questions about 采购
What does 采购 mean?
采购 (cǎigòu) means "to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase" and is used as a verb and noun.
How do you write 采购?
采购 is made of 2 characters: 采 (8 strokes), 购 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 采购 an HSK word?
Yes. 采购 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 采购 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 采购 is written 採購.
What is the difference between 采购 and 收购?
采购 means buying goods or supplies that an organization needs, such as materials or equipment. 收购 usually means buying up products in bulk from producers, or acquiring a whole company, as in 收购一家公司 (shōugòu yì jiā gōngsī).
How do you say purchasing manager or purchasing department in Chinese?
A purchasing manager is 采购经理 (cǎigòu jīnglǐ), and the purchasing department is 采购部 (cǎigòubù). In casual speech, the person who handles purchasing can simply be called 采购, as in 他是我们公司的采购 (He is our company's buyer).