How to say 發票

  • Traditional characters: 發票
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): fā piào
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄈㄚ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
  • Meaning: receipt (in Taiwan, also a lottery ticket)

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

發票 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

塔的底下，風把一張紙吹到牆角，小雨彎腰撿了起來，是一張發票。

tǎ de dǐ xià fēng bǎ yì zhāng zhǐ chuī dào qiáng jiǎo Xiǎoyǔ wān yāo jiǎn le qǐ lái shì yì zhāng fā piào

At the base of the tower, the wind had blown a slip of paper into the corner; Xiaoyu bent down and picked it up — it was a receipt.

From the story 鎖著的門，空著的鉤子 (A Locked Door, an Empty Hook)

發票上蓋著一個店章，寫著「重三百斤」，日期就在這幾天。

fā piào shàng gài zhe yí ge diàn zhāng xiě zhe zhòng sān bǎi jīn rì qí jiù zài zhè jǐ tiān

The receipt was stamped with a shop mark, read 'weight: three hundred catties,' and was dated just these past few days.

From the story 鎖著的門，空著的鉤子 (A Locked Door, an Empty Hook)

小雨把發票塞進口袋，正準備離開，忽然看見山路上有一點燈光在移動。

Xiǎoyǔ bǎ fā piào sāi jìn kǒu dài zhèng zhǔn bèi lí kāi hū rán kàn jiàn shān lù shàng yǒu yì diǎn dēng guāng zài yí dòng

Xiaoyu tucked the receipt into her pocket and was about to leave when she suddenly spotted a light moving along the mountain path.

From the story 鎖著的門，空著的鉤子 (A Locked Door, an Empty Hook)

小雨沒有接話。她從口袋裡拿出那張發票，把店章翻過來看了又看。

Xiǎoyǔ méi yǒu jiē huà tā cóng kǒu dài lǐ ná chū nà zhāng fā piào bǎ diàn zhāng fān guò lái kàn le yòu kàn

Xiaoyu didn't reply. She took the receipt from her pocket and turned the shop stamp over, studying it again and again.

From the story 罵他的那個人 (The Woman Who Scolded Him)

「爭吵、發票，還有一個不出門的老人。」小雨低聲對自己說，「三件事，都指向同一個人。」

zhēng chǎo fā piào hái yǒu yí ge bù chū mén de lǎo rén Xiǎoyǔ dī shēng duì zì jǐ shuō sān jiàn shì dōu zhǐ xiàng tóng yí ge rén

'An argument, a receipt, and an old man who won't leave his house,' Xiaoyu said under her breath. 'Three things, all pointing at one person.'

From the story 罵他的那個人 (The Woman Who Scolded Him)

Where 發票 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Band A (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Life in Taiwan
  • Lesson: Convenience Store Life
  • Taught just before: 取件
  • Taught just after: 開心