Octopus Card: Your Key to Hong Kong
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八達通:你的香港鑰匙

Octopus Card: Your Key to Hong Kong

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The Octopus Card

The Octopus card (八達通) is a rechargeable contactless smart card used for electronic payments in Hong Kong. It's named after the octopus because it can reach into many areas of life.

Where to Use It

  • **Transportation**: MTR, buses, trams, ferries, minibuses
  • **Retail**: Convenience stores, supermarkets, fast food
  • **Parking**: Car parks and parking meters
  • **Vending machines**: Drinks and snacks
  • **Entertainment**: Cinemas, theme parks
  • Getting a Card

  • Available at MTR stations
  • Standard card: HK$150 (HK$50 deposit + HK$100 value)
  • Tourist Octopus: Special designs available
  • Useful Tips

  • Check balance at any MTR station
  • Auto top-up available with bank accounts
  • Negative balance allowed (up to HK$35)
  • Report lost cards to freeze the balance
  • Fun Facts

  • Over 99% of Hong Kong residents have one
  • Processes over 15 million transactions daily
  • First introduced in 1997

  • 八達通卡

    八達通是香港使用的可充值非接觸式智能卡,用於電子支付。它以八爪魚命名,因為它可以觸及生活的許多領域。

    使用範圍

  • **交通**:地鐵、巴士、電車、渡輪、小巴
  • **零售**:便利店、超市、快餐店
  • **停車**:停車場和咪錶
  • **自動販賣機**:飲料和零食
  • **娛樂**:電影院、主題公園
  • 獲取卡片

  • 可在地鐵站購買
  • 標準卡:HK$150(HK$50按金 + HK$100儲值)
  • 遊客八達通:有特別設計
  • 實用小貼士

  • 在任何地鐵站查詢餘額
  • 可設置銀行帳戶自動增值
  • 允許負餘額(最多HK$35)
  • 遺失卡片可報失凍結餘額
  • 有趣事實

  • 超過99%的香港居民擁有一張
  • 每天處理超過1500萬筆交易
  • 1997年首次推出
  • 重點詞彙 Key Vocabulary

    Rechargeable/riːˈtʃɑːrdʒəbəl/

    Can be refilled with value

    可充值的

    Contactless/ˈkɒntæktləs/

    No physical touch needed

    非接觸式的

    Deposit/dɪˈpɒzɪt/

    Money held as security

    按金

    Top-up/tɒp ʌp/

    Add more value/money

    增值

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