How to Say ‘Can I use WeChat?’ in Simplified Chinese
可以用微信吗？
kě yǐ yòng wēi xìn ma
[kuh-yee yòng wēixìn mah]
🇨🇳 In China: Almost everyone in China pays by phone, with WeChat Pay or Alipay (支付宝 (zhī fù bǎo)), and some small shops barely handle cash. Linking a foreign card to one of these apps before you arrive makes shopping much easier.
Phrase Breakdown
可以用
kě yǐ yòng
can (I) use
可以 (kěyǐ) means 'can / may'. 用 (yòng) means 'use'.
可以用这个吗？
Can I use this?
Words in this phrase
可以
kě yǐ
[kuh-yee]
can; may
Used to express possibility, permission, or a suggested option.
你可以先问一个简单的问题。
You can first ask a simple question.
用
yòng
[yòng]
pay using
To make a payment through a specified method.
我可以用信用卡支付吗？
Can I pay using a credit card?
微信吗？
wēi xìn ma
WeChat?
微信 (Wēixìn) is WeChat, which people use for mobile payments. 吗 makes it a question.
你有微信吗？
Do you have WeChat?
Words in this phrase
微信
wēi xìn
[wēixìn]
A popular messaging and electronic payment service in China.
你有微信吗？
Do you have WeChat?
吗
ma
[mah]
question particle (yes/no)
Placed at the end of a sentence to turn it into a yes/no question.
新年你回家了吗？
Did you go home for the New Year?
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