付款

Mandarin · pinyin fù kuǎn

Meanings

  1. to pay a sum of money
  2. payment
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付
fù · give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust
款
kuǎn · item, article; clause; fund
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4–3 · fu4 kuan3

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fu6 fun2

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verb

  1. (intransitive) to pay a sum of money; to make a transaction

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