信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
How to remember 信用卡: 信 letter + 用 to use (Kangxi radical 101) + 卡 card = credit card.
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How it is used
- Credit card - 刷信用卡 (shuā xìnyòngkǎ) to swipe/pay by credit card, 办信用卡 (bàn xìnyòngkǎ) to apply for one.
- Distinct from 储蓄卡/借记卡 (debit card) which draws from your own balance.
- The 信用 part = credit/trustworthiness; 卡 (kǎ) = card, a loanword sound.
- 还信用卡 (huán xìnyòngkǎ) = to pay off the credit card bill.
Example sentences
- 我可以用哪些信用卡？ Wǒ kěyǐ yòng nǎxiē xìnyòngkǎ?Which credit cards can I use?
- 我想用信用卡支付。 Wǒ xiǎng yòng xìnyòngkǎ zhīfù.I'd like to pay by credit card.
- 小明盗刷了我的信用卡。 Xiǎo Míng dàoshuā le wǒde xìnyòngkǎ.Xiao Ming fraudulently used my credit card.