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How to Say ‘Can I pay with WeChat?’ in Simplified Chinese

可以用微信付吗？

kě yǐ yòng wēi xìn fù ma

[kuh-yee yong wēixìn fù ma]

🇨🇳 In China: Mobile payment by QR code is the default almost everywhere, and some small vendors barely handle cash. Visitors can link a foreign card to WeChat Pay or Alipay.

Phrase Breakdown

可以用

kě yǐ yòng

can (I) use

可以 (kěyǐ) means 'can / may' and 用 (yòng) means 'use'. 可 is often said in the second tone (kéyǐ) because it comes before another third tone.

Example

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.

Example

你可以先问一个简单的问题。

You can first ask a simple question.

用

yòng

[yong]

to use

To employ for some purpose or to consume.

Example

请用叉子和刀子用餐。

Please use a fork and knife to eat.

微信付吗？

wēi xìn fù ma

pay by WeChat?

微信 (Wēixìn) means 'WeChat', 付 (fù) means 'pay', and 吗 (ma) makes it a question.

Example

能微信付吗？

Can I pay with WeChat?

Words in this phrase

微信

wēi xìn

[wēixìn]

WeChat

A popular messaging and electronic payment service in China.

Example

你有微信吗？

Do you have WeChat?

付

fù

[fù]

to pay

Verb meaning to pay money; often seen in 付钱 or 支付.

Example

我来付钱。

I'll pay.

吗

[ma]

question particle

A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.

Example

你是第一次来吗？这里的“吗”表示提问。

Is this your first time here? Here, 吗 marks a question.

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