HSK 5 · Money

发票 fāpiào “invoice” in Chinese

Traditional 發票

What 发票 means

  1. invoice
  2. receipt or bill for purchase
  3. receipt
  4. bill

How to say 发票

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale票piào4th tone, falling

发票 in a sentence

  1. 请给我开一张发票。

    Qǐng gěi wǒ kāi yì zhāng fāpiào.

    Please give me a receipt.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 报销的时候需要发票。

    Bàoxiāo de shíhou xūyào fāpiào.

    You need a receipt to claim expenses.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 发票 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 票 (piào) with each of its parts in a different colour
票piàoticket
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yà
  • 示sign · shì

How to write 发票

发 5 strokes · 票 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发票 (fāpiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发票 (fāpiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发票

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 票

票piào · ticket机票jīpiào · air ticket门票ménpiào · entrance ticket (for an attraction检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets股票gǔpiào · shares支票zhīpiào · cheque彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket钞票chāopiào · banknote投票tóupiào · to vote

More words: Money & Economy

财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product出口chūkǒu · exit兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)风险fēngxiǎn · risk股票gǔpiào · shares黄金huángjīn · gold汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate

FAQs

发票 (fāpiào) means “invoice” or “receipt or bill for purchase”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fāpiào: fā with a 1st tone, then piào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发票 is written 發票. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fapiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发票 from the suggestions. Typing fapiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发票 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.