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债

zhài

HSK 6 Character Traditional 債 Measure word 笔

What 债 means

1. debt

Example sentences

• 我不欠债。
  Wǒ bù qiànzhài.
  I have no debt.
• 我得还债。
  I must repay the debt.
• 我没有外债。
  Wǒ méiyǒu wàizhài.
  I am free of debt.
• 他浑身是债。
  He is up to his ears in debt.
• 他还在负债。
  He's still in debt.
• 你有义务还债。
  Nǐ yǒu yìwù huánzhài.
  You're liable for the debt.

Words starting with 债

• 债券zhài quànbond; debenture
• 债务zhài wùdebt; liability; amount due
• 债权zhài quáncreditor's rights (law)
• 债权人zhài quán réncreditor
• 债主zhài zhǔcreditor
• 债务人zhài wù réndebtor
• 债户zhài hùdebtor
• 债款zhài kuǎndebt
• 债权国zhài quán guócreditor country
• 债务证书zhài wù zhèng shūdebt instrument
• 债台高筑zhài tái gāo zhùlit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
• 债务证券zhài wù zhèng quàndebt security; bond security
• 债务担保证券zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàncollateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
• 债多不愁zhài duō bù chóu(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)…

Words containing 债

• 负债fù zhàito be in debt; to incur debts; liability (finance)
• 国债guó zhàinational debt; government debt
• 还债huán zhàito settle a debt
• 讨债tǎo zhàito demand repayment
• 外债wài zhàiforeign debt; external debt; debt owed to sb outside one's own household or organization
• 欠债qiàn zhàito owe a debt; the sum owed
• 血债xuè zhàidebt of blood (after killing sb)
• 公债gōng zhàigovernment bond
• 了债liǎo zhàito repay one's debt
• 偿债cháng zhàito repay a debt
• 卡债kǎ zhàicredit card debt
• 宿债sù zhàilong-standing debt
• 放债fàng zhàito lend money (for interest); to give credit
• 举债jǔ zhàito raise a loan; to borrow money
• 要债yào zhàito demand payment of a debt; to collect a debt
• 背债bēi zhàito be in debt; to be saddled with debts
• 人情债rén qíng zhàidebt of gratitude
• 公司债gōng sī zhàicorporate bonds (finance)
• 可转债kě zhuǎn zhàiconvertible debt; convertible bond
• 连动债lián dòng zhàistructured note (finance)
• 风流债fēng liú zhàilit. love debt; fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair…
• 以债养债yǐ zhài yǎng zhàidebt nurtures more debt (idiom)
• 流动负债liú dòng fù zhài(accounting) current liabilities
• 资产负债表zī chǎn fù zhài biǎobalance sheet

Characters that look like 债

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 侵qīnto invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 倩qiànpretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die

Sounds the same

Read zhài, tone for tone, but written differently.

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