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付现 (fù xiàn) — to pay in cash (as a verb-object compound)

Definition

A verb-object compound meaning 'to pay in cash.' Distinguish from 付账 (to settle/pay the bill) — 付现 specifies the payment method, not the act of settling a bill.

verb
to pay in cash (as a verb-object compound)

Examples

  • 付现。
    Wǒ xiǎng yòng fù xiàn mǎi dōng xī.
    I want to pay in cash to buy things.
  • ，。
    Tā fù le xiàn, méi yǒu shuā kǎ.
    He paid cash, didn't use a card.
  • 付现。
    fù xiàn Bǐ shuā kǎ gèng fāng biàn.
    Paying in cash is more convenient than swiping a card.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

付fùpay
现xiàncash

付 means pay and 现 means cash, so the action is paying with cash.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

付 pairs 亻 (person) with 又 (hand), showing a person handing something to someone.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 現; 现 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
見
見jiàn現
Same sound today

The traditional form 現 pairs 玉 (jade) with 見 as a sound part; the simplified 现 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical parts.

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Appears in
Business & CommerceMoney & Currency

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