Chinese word dictionary

支付

zhīfù · to pay (money)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified支付

Traditional支付

Pinyinzhīfù

Part of speech动

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

支zhī

to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)

付fù

give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust

How to learn 支付

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

支持zhīchí

to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]

付出fùchū

to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

支撑zhīchēng

to prop up; to support; strut; brace

支出zhīchū

to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure

对付duìfu

to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)

分支fēnzhī

branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide