債 (zaai3 | zhai4) : debt; obligation

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債

zaai3

zhai4

[n] debt; obligation

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

債 / 债

This word has been viewed 6397 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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錢債 cin4 zaai3 = debts

債務 zaai3 mou6 zhai4 wu4 = a debt; liabilities; amount due; indebtedness

公債 gung1 zaai3 = government bonds

巨債 geoi6 zaai3 ju4 zhai4 = huge debt

負債 fu6 zaai3 fu4 zhai4 = indebted

國債 gwok3 zaai3 = national debt

資產負債表 zi1 caan2 fu6 zaai3 biu2 = (account) balance sheet

債務人 zaai3 mou6 jan4 zhai4 wu4 ren2 = debtor

債權人 zaai3 kyun4 jan4 zhai4 quan2 ren2 = creditor

負債高 fu6 zaai3 gou1 = having a high debt level
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 債
Unicode code for this character: U+50B5 (off-site link)

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