Chinese symbol for “unaffordable”
支付不起
zhī fù bù qǐ
to be unable to pay; unaffordable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unaffordable is 支付不起 (zhī fù bù qǐ), defined as: to be unable to pay; unaffordable.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 支付不起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
| 支援 | zhī yuán | to provide assistance; to support |
| 支撑 (支撐) | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support |
| 支出 | zhī chū | to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure |
| 支持者 | zhī chí zhě | supporter |
| 对付 (對付) | duì fu | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do |
| 付出 | fù chū | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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