发票 fāpiào invoice
invoice; receipt; bill; uniform invoice (short for 统一发票)
How to remember 发票: 发 send out + 票 ticket = invoice.
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How it is used
- An official invoice/receipt, especially the tax-registered kind - 开发票 (kāi fāpiào) issue an invoice, 报销发票 (bàoxiāo fāpiào) submit receipts for reimbursement.
- In China this is the government-recognized 发票 required for expense claims and taxes, distinct from a plain sales slip 收据 (shōujù).
- Everyday commerce term; 开 (kāi) is the verb that collocates with it.