collect payment; cashiering
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to collect payment; to receive money (as a cashier); to ring up sales
Originally dialectal but now standard Mandarin. Primarily used in retail contexts. Also appears as a modifier in compound nouns like 收银员 (cashier) and 收银台 (cash register/counter).
Tā她
zài在
chāo超
shì市
shōu收
yín银
。
She works as a cashier at the supermarket.
Qǐng请
qù去
shōu收
yín银
tái台
fù付
kuǎn款
。
Please go to the cash register to pay.
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Shōu收
yín银
yuán员
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
gù顾
kè客
jié结
zhàng账
。
The cashier is ringing up the customer.