I'll pay the bill.
付账
to settle an account
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Meaning and common use
to settle an account
How 付账 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 付账 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom refused to pay the bill.
He pays with a credit card.
Words that keep company with 付账.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 付账.
Directly before
- 要付账1
- 我来付账1
- 应该付账1
- 来付账1
- 信用卡付账1
Directly after
- 付账了1
- 付账的1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 付账
What does 付账 mean in Chinese?
付账 (fùzhàng) means to settle an account.
How do you pronounce 付账?
付账 is pronounced fùzhàng.
Is 付账 an HSK word?
付账 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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