How to set up and use WeChat Pay in Chinese
Your Chinese colleague offers to help you set up WeChat Pay on your phone. You link your bank card, verify your name with your passport, and check that it works.
How the conversation starts
小王 (Xiao Wang) · your Chinese colleague
Set up WeChat Pay
What you do
- Say you want to set up WeChat Pay
- Say which card you have and show your passport
- Ask if it works now
What to say
- 我想开通微信支付。Wǒ xiǎng kāitōng Wēixìn zhīfù.I want to set up WeChat Pay.
- 我有一张外国银行卡。Wǒ yǒu yì zhāng wàiguó yínhángkǎ.I have a foreign bank card.
- 这是我的护照。Zhè shì wǒ de hùzhào.Here is my passport.
- 可以用了吗？Kěyǐ yòng le ma?Does it work now?
- 太谢谢你了！Tài xièxie nǐ le!Thanks so much!
Pay with WeChat for the first time
WeChat Pay is set up. At a convenience store you buy water and snacks and pay with it for the first time. The cashier asks whether you will scan the store’s code or show your payment code (付款码), and whether you need a bag.
What you do
- Ask if you can pay with WeChat
- Say whether you scan their code or show yours
- Say you don't need a bag
What to say
- 可以用微信付吗？Kěyǐ yòng Wēixìn fù ma?Can I pay with WeChat?
4 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
WeChat Pay: a failed payment and a double charge
You're paying at a convenience store with WeChat Pay, your foreign bank card linked to it. Your payment code may need an extra check, so scanning the store's code is the other way. You bought one bottle of water (3 yuan) and some snacks.
What you do
- Pay with WeChat by showing your payment code
- It fails: pay another way
- You've been charged twice for the water: point it out and ask for the money back
What to say
- 我用微信付，你扫我吧。Wǒ yòng Wēixìn fù, nǐ sǎo wǒ ba.I'll pay with WeChat. Scan my code.
4 more sentences in this lesson, in the app.
Now say it out loud
In Kaiko, 小王 (Xiao Wang) answers you out loud in Chinese, and a coach corrects you as you go.