"Pay" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gōng zī wages / pay / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],月[yue4]
 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank
 jiǎo nà to pay (taxes etc)
 zhī fù to pay (money)
 fù chū to pay / to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
 fù fèi to pay / to cover the costs
 xīn chóu pay / remuneration / salary / reward
 jiāo nà to pay (taxes or dues)
 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
 chū qián to pay
 jǐ fù to pay / payment
 fù gěi to deliver / to pay
 jiǎo fù to pay / to hand over (tax payment etc)
 jūn xiǎng funds and provisions for the troops / (soldier's) pay
 zhù yì to take note of / to pay attention to
 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention
 fù kuǎn to pay a sum of money / payment
 zhù zhòng to pay attention to / to emphasize
 mì qiè close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
 zhī chū to spend / to pay out / expense
访 dào fǎng to pay a visit
访 zào fǎng to visit / to pay a visit
 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to / carefully selected for quality / tastefully chosen
 liú yì to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of
 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
 zhuā jǐn to grasp firmly / to pay special attention to / to rush in / to make the most of
 nà shuì to pay taxes
 lǐ huì to understand / to pay attention to / to take notice of
 kāi zhī expenditures / expenses / CL:筆|笔[bi3], 項|项[xiang4] / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
访 bài fǎng to pay a visit / to call on
访 lái fǎng to pay a visit
 cān jiàn to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
 kàn wàng to visit / to pay a call to
 bù wèn to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off
 jiǎo fèi to pay a fee
 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
 bù zài yì to pay no attention to / not to mind
 huán kuǎn repayment / to pay back money
 bù zhù yì thoughtless / not pay attention to
 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill
 liú xīn to be careful / to pay attention to
 zhì jìng to salute / to pay one's respects to / to pay tribute to / to pay homage to
 cān bài to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb
 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit
 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity
 bìng zhòng to lay equal stress on / to pay equal attention to
 jiāo fèi to pay a fee
 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
 fù qián to pay money
 jié zhàng to pay the bill / to settle accounts / also written 結賬|结账
 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
 lǐ cǎi to heed / to pay attention to
 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
 jiāo qián to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
 fù qīng to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off
 huán qīng to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
 yù fù to pay in advance / prepaid
 péi qián to lose money / to pay for damages
 péi fù to pay out / to compensate / (insurance) payment
 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler
 péi kuǎn reparations / to pay reparations
 fēn qī fù kuǎn to pay in installments / payment in installments
退 tuì xiū jīn retirement pay / pension
 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness
 dǐ xīn basic salary / base pay / salary floor
 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
 zhì zhī bù lǐ to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside
 cháng fù to pay back
 jié zhàng to pay the bill / to settle accounts / also written 結帳|结帐
 bǔ fā to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively
 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill
 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
 jiǎo shuì to pay tax
 bài huì pay an official call / call on / visit in an official capacity
 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
 qiàn xīn to owe wages / back pay / wages arrears
 wán shuì to pay tax / duty-paid
 shū yú to fail to pay sufficient attention to / to be negligent in regard to / to be lacking in
 bǔ jiāo to hand in after the deadline / to pay after the due date
 jiā bān fèi overtime pay
 jìn gòng to offer tribute / to pay tribute that a vassal owes to his suzerain
 guī shùn to surrender and pay allegiance to
 shú shì wú dǔ to pay no attention to a familiar sight / to ignore
 huán to pay back / to return
 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
 píng diào to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased)
 diàn shàng to pay for sb
 dào tiē to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc)
 jù fù to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment)
 gù cǐ shī bǐ lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) / fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once / cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
 cháng mìng to pay with one's life
 cháo jìn to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam)
 zhuī dào to mourn / to pay last respects / mourning / memorial (service etc)
 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
 huàn yǎng to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay
 yù zhī to pay in advance / to get payment in advance
 wèn ān to pay one's respects / to give regards to
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