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fapiao

Syllables: fa·piao/fɑːˈpjaʊ/

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

Noun

fapiao (plural fapiao or fapiaos)

  1. (China, Taiwan) A 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 of fapiao

Forms of fapiao

pluralfapiao
pluralfapiaos

Origin of fapiao

From Mandarin 發票 /发票 (fāpiào).

Questions about fapiao

What does fapiao mean?
Fapiao means a kind of receipt that serves as a tax document and sometimes also as a lottery ticket, used in China and Taiwan.
What part of speech is fapiao?
Fapiao is a noun.
How do you pronounce fapiao?
Fapiao is pronounced /fɑːˈpjaʊ/.
What is the plural of fapiao?
The plural of fapiao is fapiao.

Words near fapiao in the dictionary

  1. fap
  2. fap it
  3. fap off
  4. fapfest
  5. fapfests
  6. fapiao
  7. fapiaos
  8. fapkin
  9. fapkins
  10. FAPP
  11. fappable

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