支付
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
支付 (zhīfù) · to pay
支付 (zhīfù) means “to pay”. It is written with 2 characters: 支 (measure word for pens, songs, teams) + 付 (to pay). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 支付 is built
The characters
支 zhī · measure word for pens, songs, teams
What 支 is made of
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: A hand 又 holding a branch 十 for support (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
付 fù · to pay
What 付 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: To hand 寸 something over to someone 亻 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
现在很多人用手机支付。Xiànzài hěn duō rén yòng shǒujī zhīfù.Many people pay by phone now.
你想怎么支付？Nǐ xiǎng zěnme zhīfù?How would you like to pay?
Questions about 支付
What does 支付 mean?
支付 (zhīfù) means “to pay”.
How do you pronounce 支付?
支付 is pronounced zhīfù.
Which HSK level is 支付?
支付 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 支持zhīchíto support
- 支票zhīpiàocheque
- 开支kāizhīexpenses
- 支撑zhīchēngto support
- 支出zhīchūexpenditure
- 支流zhīliútributary
- 支配zhīpèito control
- 支援zhīyuánto support
- 支柱zhīzhùpillar
- 支zhīmeasure word for pens, songs, teams
Learn 支付 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.