线下支付

線下支付

xiànxiàzhīfù

noun

Meanings

1 offline payment
2 in-person payment (at a physical store)

Characters

below (offline)

Examples

有些人还是习惯线下支付。

Yǒuxiē rén háishi xíguàn xiànxià zhīfù.

Some people still prefer paying offline.

线下支付主要靠扫码。

Xiànxià zhīfù zhǔyào kào sǎomǎ.

Offline payment mostly relies on QR-code scanning.

Tips

usage

线下 is the mirror of 线上 — 'below the line' = offline / in-person. In China, 'offline payment' today usually still means scanning a QR code with a phone, just at a physical counter.

Stroke Order

线 xiàn

下 xià

支 zhī

付 fù