发票
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
发票 (fāpiào) · receipt
发票 (fāpiào) means “receipt; invoice”. It is written with 2 characters: 发 (to send) + 票 (ticket). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 发票 is built
The characters
发 fā · to send
What 发 is made of
- 又yòu — (once) again
票 piào · ticket
What 票 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请给我开一张发票。Qǐng gěi wǒ kāi yī zhāng fāpiào.Please give me a receipt.
您需要发票吗？Nín xūyào fāpiào ma?Do you need a receipt?
Questions about 发票
What does 发票 mean?
发票 (fāpiào) means “receipt; invoice”.
How do you pronounce 发票?
发票 is pronounced fāpiào.
Which HSK level is 发票?
发票 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 发现fāxiànto find
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 发表fābiǎoto publish
- 发出fāchūto send out
- 发达fādádeveloped
- 发动fādòngto start (an engine)
- 发明fāmíngto invent
- 发生fāshēngto happen
- 发送fāsòngto send
Learn 发票 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 20: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.