fapiao

See also: fāpiào

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 發票／发票 (fāpiào).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːˈpjaʊ/, /fɑːpiˈaʊ/

Noun

fapiao (plural fapiao or fapiaos)

1. (China, Taiwan) A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China.
   • 2015 September 11, George Ding, “How to Cheat on Taxes in China”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     If I spent all my income to generate fapiao to avoid paying taxes on my income, I’d never actually save any money.

Translations

kind of receipt

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發票／发票 (zh) (fāpiào)

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• Russian: фапья́о m (fapʹjáo)
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