How to Say ‘To pay by scanning a code’ in Simplified Chinese
扫码付
sǎo mǎ fù
[sǎomǎ foo]
🇨🇳 In China: Paying by scanning a QR code with WeChat Pay or Alipay is the default almost everywhere in China, and cash is rare. Often the cashier scans your phone's code, or you scan theirs.
Phrase Breakdown
扫码
sǎo mǎ
[sǎomǎ]
to scan a QR code
To scan a code with a phone, often to pay.
可以扫码付款吗？
Can I pay by scanning the code?
付
fù
[foo]
to pay
A short, spoken verb meaning to pay money.
今天我来付吧。
Let me pay today.
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