How to Say ‘I want to buy’ in Traditional Chinese
我想買
wǒ xiǎng mǎi
[waw shyang my]
💬 Usage Tip: [想] softens [要]: [我想買] is less blunt than directly saying [我要買]. You can reuse this with other verbs too, like [我想看看] for "I want to take a look."
Phrase Breakdown
我
wǒ
[waw]
I; me
A first-person pronoun meaning I or me.
我想買一件藍色的T恤。
I want to buy a blue T-shirt.
想
xiǎng
[shyang]
want to; would like to
Used before a verb to show desire, like want to or would like to.
我想看看有沒有黑色。
I want to see whether there is a black one.
買
mǎi
[my]
buy
A verb meaning to buy or purchase something.
今天想買兩件不同顏色的T恤。
Today I want to buy two T-shirts in different colors.
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