HSK 4 · Work

付款 fùkuǎn “to pay a sum of money” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 付款 means

  1. to pay a sum of money
  2. payment

How to say 付款

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale付fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale款kuǎn3rd tone, dipping

付款 in a sentence

  1. 我想用信用卡付款。

    Wǒ xiǎng yòng xìnyòngkǎ fùkuǎn.

    I’d like to pay by credit card.

    Sentence #10733962 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我用现金付款。

    Wǒ yòng xiànjīn fùkuǎn.

    I’ll pay in cash.

    Sentence #7771901 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在出口处的收银台付款。

    Zài chūkǒuchù de shōuyíntái fùkuǎn.

    Please pay at the checkout by the exit.

    Sentence #798152 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 付款 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 付 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
付fùto pay
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 款 (kuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
款kuǎnsection
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 示sign · shì
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

How to write 付款

付 5 strokes · 款 12 strokes

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

Words related to 付款

Words with 付

应付yìngfu · to deal with对付duìfu · to deal with

Words with 款

贷款dàikuǎn · a loan罚款fákuǎn · to fine款式kuǎnshì · style款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)条款tiáokuǎn · clause

More words: School, Work & Culture

语言yǔyán · language专业zhuānyè · major (at university)大夫dàifu · doctor导游dǎoyóu · tour guide工资gōngzī · wages顾客gùkè · customer管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise护士hùshi · nurse

FAQs

付款 (fùkuǎn) means “to pay a sum of money” or “payment”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fùkuǎn: fù with a 4th tone, then kuǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 付款 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fukuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 付款 from the suggestions. Typing fukuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
付款 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.