How to Say “Receipt please” in Chinese
Shopping · HSK 3
"Receipt please" in Chinese is 请给我发票 (qǐng gěi wǒ fā piào). China has two kinds of receipt. 发票 (fāpiào) is the official tax-regulated fiscal receipt; needed for business reimbursement.
Primary translation
请给我发票
qǐng gěi wǒ fā piào
Traditional: 請給我發票
Variants by register
Casual
收据
shōu jù
When to use it
China has two kinds of receipt. 发票 (fāpiào) is the official tax-regulated fiscal receipt; needed for business reimbursement. 收据 (shōujù) is a simple receipt / acknowledgment. For any work-related purchase, insist on a 发票 specifically. Small shops may charge 1-3 percent extra to issue 发票 because it forces them to declare the sale to tax authorities. On reimbursement claims, only 发票 is accepted by company finance departments.
Example sentences
麻烦给我开发票。
Máfan gěi wǒ kāi fāpiào.
Please issue a fiscal receipt.
我需要收据。
Wǒ xūyào shōujù.
I need a receipt.
发票抬头写公司名字。
Fāpiào táitóu xiě gōngsī míngzi.
Make the receipt out to the company name.