Etymology

fapiao

fa·piao
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Today it means: A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan. Full definition →

Mandarin 發票 /发票
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from發票 /发票
  2. English todayfapiao

From Mandarin 發票 /发票 (fāpiào).

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