HSK 5 · Money

支票 zhīpiào “cheque” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 支票 means

  1. cheque
  2. check (bank)

Measure word 本 běn · 一本支票 yì běn zhīpiào

How to say 支票

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale支zhī1st 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

支票 in a sentence

  1. 我想用支票付款。

    Wǒ xiǎng yòng zhīpiào fùkuǎn.

    I’d like to pay by cheque.

    Sentence #346118 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你收私人支票吗？

    Nǐ shōu sīrén zhīpiào ma?

    Do you accept personal cheques?

    Sentence #874694 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我没现金，写张支票可以吗？

    Wǒ méi xiànjīn, xiě zhāng zhīpiào kěyǐ ma?

    I haven’t got any cash. Can I write a cheque?

    Sentence #10650613 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 支票 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 支 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
支zhīto support
  • 十ten · shí
  • 又again · yòu
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 支票

支 4 strokes · 票 11 strokes

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

Words related to 支票

Words with 支

支持zhīchí · to support支zhī · measure word for pens支撑zhīchēng · to support支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support开支kāizhī · expenses支出zhīchū · expenditure支流zhīliú · tributary (river)支柱zhīzhù · pillar

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发票fāpiào · invoice股票gǔpiào · shares彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket钞票chāopiào · banknote投票tóupiào · to vote

More words: Money & Economy

优惠yōuhuì · preferential涨zhǎng · to rise (of prices账户zhànghù · bank account挣zhèng · to earn (money)资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources昂贵ángguì · expensive本钱běnqián · capital

FAQs

支票 (zhīpiào) means “cheque” or “check (bank)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhīpiào: zhī 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.
Yes. 支票 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 本 (běn). For example, one cheque is 一本支票 (yì běn zhīpiào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhipiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 支票 from the suggestions. Typing zhipiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
支票 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.