Chinese word

分期

Pronunciation

Pinyinfēn qī

Meaning

  • verbpay in installments

Example

我想分期买这台电脑。wǒ xiǎng fēn qī mǎi zhè tái diàn nǎo

I want to buy this computer in installments.

Illustration for 分期 (pay in installments)

More examples

很多商店支持分期付款。hěn duō shāng diàn zhī chí fēn qī fù kuǎn

Many stores support installment payments.

Core concept

A large cost is broken into smaller payment periods, so the burden arrives a little at a time.

Common phrases

  • 办理分期付款bàn lǐ fēn qī fù kuǎn

    arrange installment payments

  • 分期付款方式fēn qī fù kuǎn fāng shì

    installment payment method

  • 分期购车fēn qī gòu chē

    buy a car in installments

Similar words

分期买fēn qī mǎi: Buy something while paying its price in separate installments.
分期付款fēn qī fù kuǎn: Pay a purchase price or bill through several separate payments.

Definition in Chinese

将大额款项拆成多个付款期，以减轻每期负担的付款方式，也可作动词表示采用这种方式。jiāng dà é kuǎn xiàng chāi chéng duō gè fù kuǎn qī yǐ jiǎn qīng měi qī fù dān de fù kuǎn fāng shì yě kě zuò dòng cí biǎo shì cǎi yòng zhè zhǒng fāng shì

Word origin

分期 (fēnqī, "pay in installments") combines 分 (fēn, "divide") with 期 (qī, "period"), making a payment arrangement spread across separate periods.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, 分期 (fēnqī, "pay in installments") can sit directly before the thing being bought, while English usually makes the payment arrangement explicit with "in installments".

Other meanings

  • installment paymentnoun
  • installment repaymentnoun

Opposites

  • 一次性付款yí cì xìng fù kuǎnpay in one lump sumverb

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