I teacher mine told me that 买 could be use to buy/purchase but also to "to decide to buy", or "go shopping", other teacher told me the first one was wrong.
Who is right?
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2The first teacher is a woman, the second teacher is a man. ;)– congusbongusCommented Apr 5, 2016 at 2:02
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Without further context and explanation, the first one is wrong.– user4072Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 3:17
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"decide to buy" is 决定买, which means you just make a decision, but have not bought– gcd0318Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 5:18
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Probably the first teacher told you that because when you see 买到 in the future she'll remember you that 买 is the attempt to buy, while 买到 is buying indeed.– Enrico BrasilCommented Apr 5, 2016 at 19:12
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买 means "to buy". But the phrase 买东西 means "to go shopping". You can use similar phrases like 买衣服, 买蔬菜 and so on to mean "shop for clothes / vegetables". You could say:
我买东西去了，可是商店关门了，没有买到。
I went shopping, but the store was closed, so I didn't buy anything.
There could be a similar context where it means "decide to buy", but I haven't heard it used in that sense.
Your second teacher is right in that it normally does only mean "to buy".
I am Chinese student. 买 could be use to buy/purchase but also to "to decide to buy", or "go shopping" 买and卖：buy and sell
