fapiao

fa·piao
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/fɑːˈpjaʊ//fɑːpiˈaʊ/

noun

A kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan.

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invoice
OriginMandarin 發票 /发票 →
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Meanings

nounfapiao (plural fapiao or fapiaos)

plural fapiaos

  1. ChinaTaiwanA kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan.

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

    2015 September 11, George Ding, “How to Cheat on Taxes in China”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: invoice

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan.

Similar
invoice

Origin

  1. Mandarin發票 /发票
  2. Englishfapiao

From Mandarin 發票 /发票 (fāpiào).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 發票 /发票
  • 發票 /发票 (fāpiào)kind of receipt
Russian фапья́о
  • фапья́о (fapʹjáo)kind of receipt
Cite this entry
APA

fapiao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapiao

MLA

“fapiao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapiao. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fapiao,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fapiao.

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