首付
shǒu fù
Pinyin

Definition

首付
 - 
shǒu fù
  1. down payment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
付
Fù
  1. 1 surname Fu
付款
fù kuǎn
  1. 1 to pay a sum of money
  2. 2 payment
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
对付
duì fu
  1. 1 to handle
  2. 2 to deal with
  3. 3 to cope
  4. 4 to get by with
应付
yìng fu
  1. 1 to deal with
  2. 2 to cope
托付
tuō fù
  1. 1 to entrust
支付
zhī fù
  1. 1 to pay (money)
榜首
bǎng shǒu
  1. 1 top of the list
聚首
jù shǒu
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to meet
首先
shǒu xiān
  1. 1 first (of all)
  2. 2 in the first place
首席
shǒu xí
  1. 1 chief (representative, correspondent etc)
首映
shǒu yìng
  1. 1 to premiere (a movie or TV show)
  2. 2 premiere (of a movie)
  3. 3 first-run (movie)
  4. 4 to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
首次
shǒu cì
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 first time
  3. 3 for the first time
首尔
Shǒu ěr
  1. 1 Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Hàn chéng])
首发
shǒu fā
  1. 1 first issue
  2. 2 first public showing
首要
shǒu yào
  1. 1 the most important
  2. 2 of chief importance
首选
shǒu xuǎn
  1. 1 first choice
  2. 2 premium
  3. 3 to come first in the imperial examinations

Idioms (20)

付之一叹
fù zhī yī tàn
  1. 1 to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
付之一叹
fù zhī yī tàn
  1. 1 to dismiss with a sigh (idiom); a hopeless case
付之一炬
fù zhī yī jù
  1. 1 to put to the torch (idiom)
  2. 2 to commit to the flames
  3. 3 to burn sth down deliberately
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
付之丙丁
fù zhī bǐng dīng
  1. 1 to burn down (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
应付自如
yìng fu zì rú
  1. 1 to handle matters with ease (idiom)
  2. 2 to hold one's own
应付裕如
yìng fu yù rú
  1. 1 handling any occasion smoothly (idiom); equal to any situation
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
  1. 1 bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2 to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age

Sample Sentences

那不是挺好的嘛？上次征地补偿了二十多万，多亏那笔钱，我们才凑齐首付在上海买了房子。哎，这次征多少？补偿多少？
nà bùshì tǐng hǎo de ma ？shàngcì zhēngdì bǔcháng le èrshí duō wàn ，duōkuī nà bǐ qián ，wǒmen cái còuqí shǒufù zài Shànghǎi mǎi le fángzi 。āi ，zhècì zhēng duōshao ？bǔcháng duōshao ？
Isn't that a good thing? Last time we relocated, we were compensated more than 200,000 yuan. Thanks to that money, we were able to get together enough money to put the down payment on a house in Shanghai. How much land is being acquired? What's the compensation?
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小江，你看，首付二十万，轻松入住地铁房！
Xiǎo Jiāng ，nǐ kàn ，shǒufù èrshí wàn ，qīngsōng rùzhù dìtiěfáng ！
Look, Xiao Jiang, you pay two hundred thousand yuan as a down payment, and you can start living in your house near the subway!
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现在的年轻人买房有几个是靠自己的？首付先让你爸妈垫上，以后你慢慢还。而且房子总会升值的，也算投资。
xiànzài de niánqīngrén mǎifáng yǒu jǐ ge shì kào zìjǐ de ？shǒufù xiān ràng nǐ bàmā diànshàng ，yǐhòu nǐ mànmàn huán 。érqiě fángzi zǒng huì shēngzhí de ，yě suàn tóuzī 。
How many young people these days rely on themselves when they buy a house? Have your mom and dad cover the down payment. You can pay them back gradually later on. A house will increase in value, anyway. Think of it as an investment.
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