买不起買不起

mǎi bu qǐ

HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Meaning

cannot afford; can't afford buying

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Characters

买mǎito buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade乛头不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up走己

Examples

我买不起那个。

Wǒ mǎi bu qǐ nà ge.

I can't afford that.

我买不起自行车。

Wǒ mǎi bu qǐ zì xíng chē.

I could not afford to buy a bicycle.

汤姆买不起这个东西。

Tāng mǔ mǎi bu qǐ zhè ge dōng xi.

Tom can't afford this.