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To intend or plan to purchase something.
他打算买房子，但还没存够钱。
He plans to buy a house, but hasn't saved enough money yet.
打算买什么礼物给妈妈？
What do you plan to buy as a gift for Mom?
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to express future purchase intentions. Often followed by a noun or verb phrase indicating the item or action.
The phrase typically follows the structure: Subject + 打算 + 买 + Object. For example, '我打算买一本书' (I plan to buy a book).
Use '打算买' to express a planned future purchase, not an immediate one. For immediate plans, use '要买' (yào mǎi).
打算 (dǎsuàn) means 'to plan/intend' and 买 (mǎi) means 'to buy'. The compound phrase combines these two verbs to express the intention of purchasing something.
This phrase is widely used in daily conversation to discuss future purchase plans. It is more specific than just '想买' (want to buy) as it implies a deliberate plan rather than a mere desire.