首付款

shǒufùkuǎn

noun

Measure Word

一笔首付款 bǐ

Meanings

1 down payment
2 initial payment

Characters

Examples

买房的首付款至少要三成。

Mǎi fáng de shǒufùkuǎn zhìshǎo yào sān chéng.

The down payment on a home must be at least 30 percent.

他凑够了首付款。

Tā còu gòu le shǒufùkuǎn.

He scraped together enough for the down payment.

Tips

culture

In China, down-payment ratios are a key macro-economic lever: Beijing raises them to cool speculation and lowers them to revive the property market. 三成 (30%) is the common floor for first-home buyers.

Stroke Order

首 shǒu

付 fù

款 kuǎn