Chinese word

收费

Pronunciation

Pinyinshōu fèi

Meaning

  • verbcharge

Example

商店开始收费了。shāng diàn kāi shǐ shōu fèi le

The store has started charging.

Illustration for 收费 (charge)

More examples

公园对游客收费。gōng yuán duì yóu kè shōu fèi

The park charges visitors.

Core concept

A provider sets a price for use and takes the money owed from the user.

Common phrases

  • 开始收费kāi shǐ shōu fèi

    start charging

  • 向顾客收费xiàng gù kè shōu fèi

    charge customers

  • 按小时收费àn xiǎo shí shōu fèi

    charge by the hour

Similar words

收取shōu qǔ: Collect fees or taxes that are due.
收款shōu kuǎn: Receive money paid for goods or services.
收钱shōu qián: Receive money in casual spoken language.
付款fù kuǎn: Make a payment for goods or services.

Definition in Chinese

向使用者或顾客收取费用。xiàng shǐ yòng zhě huò gù kè shōu qǔ fèi yòng

Word origin

收费 (shōufèi, "charge") combines 收 (shōu, "receive") + 费 (fèi, "cost"), joining the act of taking in money with the cost owed.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the service or business is often the subject, so the word commonly describes a provider beginning to require payment rather than a customer's act of paying.

Other meanings

  • billverb
  • fee collectionnoun

Opposites

  • 免收miǎn shōuwaive the feeverb

Related words

  • 收费站shōu fèi zhàntoll boothnoun
  • 收费员shōu fèi yuánfee collectornoun
  • 收费标准shōu fèi biāo zhǔnfee schedulenoun

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