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ID: 2389 Intermediate
China's online payment system, Alipay recently launched a new product called 余额宝 (Yú'ébǎo) that has become wildly popular in China. It's an interest earning money market account similar to the product that Paypal introduced several years back. We're calling it an “Alipay Surplus” account. Learn more about it in this lesson!
Fri Feb 28 2014 | Greg, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
存 cún to save
银行 yínháng bank
支付宝 Zhīfùbǎo AliPay
产品 chǎnpǐn merchandise
老公，年终奖我们存在银行吧。
lǎogōng ，niánzhōngjiǎng wǒmen cún zài yínháng ba 。
Honey, let's deposit our year end bonuses in the bank.
我们存余额宝吧。
wǒmen cún Yúébǎo ba 。
Let's put it in an Alipay Surplus account.
余额宝是什么？
Yúébǎo shì shénme ？
What's an Alipay Surplus account?
它是支付宝的产品。你不是常用支付宝在网上买东西吗？余额宝不但利息高，而且网上买东西也方便。。
tā shì Zhīfùbǎo de chǎnpǐn 。nǐ bùshì cháng yòng Zhīfùbǎo zài wǎngshàng mǎi dōngxi ma ？Yúébǎo bùdàn lìxi gāo ，érqiě wǎngshàng mǎi dōngxi yě fāngbiàn 。。
It's a product from Alipay. Don't you often use Alipay to buy things online? Alipay Surplus accounts not only have a high interest rate, they also make buying things online easy.
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