到付

dàofù

noun

Meanings

1 cash on delivery (COD)
2 freight collect, pay on arrival

Characters

Examples

这个快递是到付的,你收的时候付钱就行。

Zhège kuàidì shì dàofù de, nǐ shōu de shíhou fùqián jiù xíng.

This parcel is COD — just pay when you receive it.

我寄到付,运费收件人出。

Wǒ jì dàofù, yùnfèi shōujiànrén chū.

I'll ship it collect, the recipient pays the shipping.

到付的包裹她不敢收。

Dàofù de bāoguǒ tā bù gǎn shōu.

She didn't dare accept a COD parcel.

Tips

culture

到付 shifts the shipping fee (and sometimes item price) to the recipient. It is also a common scam vector: fraudsters mail cheap junk as 到付 hoping recipients pay without checking, which is why many people now refuse unexpected 到付 parcels.

Stroke Order

到 dào

付 fù