Chinese word

支付失败

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhī fù shī bài

Meaning

  • verbfail to pay

Example

我的订单支付失败了。wǒ de dìng dān zhī fù shī bài le

Payment for my order failed.

Illustration for 支付失败 (fail to pay)

More examples

我用银行卡付款时显示支付失败，没有扣款。wǒ yòng yín háng kǎ fù kuǎn shí xiǎn shì zhī fù shī bài méi yǒu kòu kuǎn

When I paid with a bank card, it said the payment failed, and I was not charged.

Core concept

A payment attempt does not complete, so the money does not reach the recipient or the transaction stops.

Common phrases

  • 微信支付时支付失败wēi xìn zhī fù shí zhī fù shī bài

    WeChat Pay payment fails

  • 银行卡支付失败yín háng kǎ zhī fù shī bài

    bank card payment fails

  • 在线支付支付失败zài xiàn zhī fù zhī fù shī bài

    online payment fails

Similar words

付款失败fù kuǎn shī bài: Payment processing ends without successfully making the payment.
无法支付wú fǎ zhī fù: Cannot make a payment because the funds or payment system are unavailable.
支付被拒绝zhī fù bèi jù jué: A payment is declined because the card issuer or payment service does not approve it.
支付出错zhī fù chū cuò: A processing error stops a payment from completing normally.

Definition in Chinese

支付未成功，付款未到账或交易被中断。zhī fù wèi chéng gōng fù kuǎn wèi dào zhàng huò jiāo yì bèi zhōng duàn

Word origin

支付失败 (zhīfùshībài, "payment fails") combines 支付 (zhīfù, "make a payment") with 失败 (shībài, "fail"), describing a payment attempt that does not succeed.

Usage tips

  • English speakers may read "failed to pay" as a person's action, but this Chinese status commonly describes the transaction result, including a technical interruption.

Other meanings

  • payment errornoun
  • be unable to payverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 支付平台zhī fù píng táipayment platformnoun
  • 支付记录zhī fù jì lùpayment recordnoun

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