B1 Collocation خنثی

支付账单

zhifu zhangdan

Pay the bill

Phrase in 30 Seconds

This phrase describes the act of settling financial obligations for goods or services received.

  • Means: To pay the amount owed on a bill or invoice.
  • Used in: Paying utility bills, restaurant checks, or service invoices.
  • Don't confuse: '买单' (often used for restaurant bills) with '支付账单' (more formal/general).
Wallet 👛 + Invoice 📄 = Settled debt ✅

Explanation at your level:

This phrase means to pay money for things you bought. You use it when you have a bill to pay.
When you receive a bill for electricity or internet, you need to pay it. We say '支付账单' to describe this action of giving money to the company.
In an intermediate context, '支付账单' is the standard collocation for settling financial invoices. It is used in both personal and professional settings to indicate that a debt has been cleared or a service fee has been processed.
The phrase '支付账单' serves as a formal marker of financial agency. It is frequently employed in discussions regarding household management, corporate accounting, or digital banking, emphasizing the systematic nature of the payment process.
Syntactically, '支付账单' functions as a transitive verb-object construction. It is preferred in formal registers over colloquial alternatives like '付钱' when referring to documented financial obligations, reflecting a high degree of linguistic precision in administrative discourse.
From a cognitive linguistic perspective, '支付账单' maps the abstract concept of 'debt resolution' onto the concrete action of 'transferring currency'. Its usage is constrained by the register of the discourse, where the formality of the term aligns with the institutional nature of the transaction, distinguishing it from informal social exchange terminology.

معنی

To settle an amount due for goods or services received.

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زمینه فرهنگی

Digital payment is king. Most people pay bills via apps.

💡

Use Apps

In China, just say '用手机付' for most things.

معنی

To settle an amount due for goods or services received.

💡

Use Apps

In China, just say '用手机付' for most things.

خودت رو بسنج

Fill in the blank.

我每个月都要______。

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: 支付账单

支付账单 is the correct collocation for monthly obligations.

🎉 امتیاز: /1

ابزارهای بصری یادگیری

سوالات متداول

1 سوال

No, use '付钱'.

عبارات مرتبط

🔄

付账

synonym

To pay a bill

کجا استفاده کنیم

💡

Utility Payment

A: 电费账单到了。

B: 好的，我马上支付账单。

neutral

Memorize It

Mnemonic

Think of 'Zhi-Fu' as 'G-Fu' (Give Funds) to the 'Zhang-Dan' (Change-Due).

Visual Association

Imagine a stack of paper bills (账单) being turned into digital gold coins (支付) on your phone screen.

Story

Xiao Ming is an adult now. Every month, he sits at his desk. He opens his laptop, logs into his bank, and clicks '支付账单'. It makes him feel responsible and organized.

Word Web

付钱结账缴费账单银行转账

چالش

Find one real bill today and say '我要支付账单' before you pay it.

In Other Languages

Spanish high

Pagar las cuentas

None, very similar structure.

French high

Payer les factures

Contextual vocabulary for bills.

German high

Die Rechnung bezahlen

German is less context-dependent for the word 'bill'.

Japanese high

請求書を支払う

Japanese is more formal in business settings.

Arabic high

دفع الفاتورة

None, direct translation.

Chinese self

支付账单

N/A

Korean high

청구서를 지불하다

Korean honorifics change the verb ending.

Portuguese high

Pagar as contas

None.

Easily Confused

支付账单 در مقابل 买单

Used for restaurants.

Use for food, not utilities.

سوالات متداول (1)

No, use '付钱'.

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