採購

See also: 采购

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	to buy; to purchase
trad. (採購)		採	購
simp. (采购)		采	购

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎigòu

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² kau³ / coi² gau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhái-kò͘ / chhái-kio / chhái-káng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-keu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎigòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎigòu
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-kou⁴
  - Yale: tsǎi-gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaegow
  - Palladius: цайгоу (cajgou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi² kau³ / coi² gau³
  - Yale: chói kau / chói gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² kau³ / tsoi² gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi² keo³ / coi² geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/, /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ kɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'kox
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-kio
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-kio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'kioy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kio³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-káng
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'karng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshe-keu
  - MiniDict: tshe^去 keu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-keu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

採購

to select and purchase
本部刻正辦理採購作業。 [MSC, trad.]
本部刻正办理采购作业。 [MSC, simp.]
Běn bù kèzhèng bànlǐ cǎigòu zuòyè. [Pinyin]
Our ministry is handling the procurement.

Synonyms

備置／备置 (bèizhì)
採買／采买 (cǎimǎi)
採辦／采办 (cǎibàn)
置辦／置办 (zhìbàn)
購得／购得 (gòudé)
購置／购置 (gòuzhì)
購買／购买 (gòumǎi)

Derived terms

採購員／采购员 (cǎigòuyuán)
採購團／采购团

Noun

採購

buyer; purchasing agent

Synonyms

採購員／采购员 (cǎigòuyuán)