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账

zhàng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 賬 Measure word 本、笔

What 账 means

1. account
2. bill
3. debt

Example sentences

• 记账。
  Jìzhàng.
  Keep accounts.
• 这是账单。
  Zhè shì zhàngdān.
  Here is the bill.
• 我来付账。
  I'll pay the bill.
• 你的账户空了。
  Nǐ de zhànghù kōng le.
  Your account is empty.
• 别赊账买东西。
  Bié shēzhàng mǎidōngxi.
  Don't buy things on credit.
• 汤姆拒绝付账。
  Tom refused to pay the bill.

Words starting with 账

• 账户zhàng hù(bank, computer etc) account
• 账号zhàng hàoaccount number; account; username
• 账单zhàng dānbill
• 账目zhàng mùaccounts; financial records; accounting entry
• 账款zhàng kuǎnmoney in an account
• 账面zhàng miànan item in accounts; an entry
• 账册zhàng cèan account book; a ledger; a bill
• 账房zhàng fángan accounts office (in former times); an accountant; a cashier
• 账期zhàng qīcredit period
• 账本zhàng běnaccount book
• 账载zhàng zǎiper book; as recorded in the accounts
• 账房先生zhàng fáng xiān shengbookkeeper (old)
• 账簿zhàng bùaccount book; ledger

Words containing 账

• 结账jié zhàngto settle accounts; to pay the bill
• 算账suàn zhàng(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account…
• 转账zhuǎn zhàngto transfer (money to a bank account)
• 付账fù zhàngto settle an account
• 坏账huài zhàngbad debt
• 记账jì zhàngto keep accounts; to do bookkeeping; to charge to an account
• 流水账liú shuǐ zhàngday-to-day account; current account
• 假账jiǎ zhàngfraudulent financial accounts; cooked books
• 做账zuò zhàngto keep the books; to do the accounts; (in context) to cook the books
• 分账fēn zhàngto share profits (or debt)
• 到账dào zhàng(of money) to arrive in an account
• 动账dòng zhàng(of a bank account) to be affected by a transaction
• 报账bào zhàngto report expenses; to submit accounts
• 对账duì zhàngto verify accounting records
• 平账píng zhàng(accounting) to balance the books
• 后账hòu zhàngundisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame sb after the event
• 台账tái zhàngdetailed record or log
• 死账sǐ zhàngdormant bank account
• 冲账chōng zhàng(accounting) to strike a balance; to reverse an entry; to write off
• 混账hùn zhàngshameful; absolutely disgraceful!
• 老账lǎo zhànglit. old account; old debt; fig. old scores to settle
• 血账xuè zhàngdebt of blood (after killing sb)
• 要账yào zhàngto demand repayment; to collect debt
• 讨账tǎo zhàngto demand payment; to collect overdue payment

Characters built on 长

These share the phonetic component 长 (cháng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 怅chàngregretful; upset; despairing; depressed
• 伥chāng(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
• 苌chángplant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit…

Characters that look like 账

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

• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable
• 烁shuòbright; luminous
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read zhàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丈measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 障to block; to hinder; to obstruct
• 帐(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 胀to swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 仗weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield
• 杖a staff; a rod; cane
• 涨to swell; to distend
• 瘴malaria; miasma
• 嶂cliff; range of peaks
• 幛hanging scroll
• 瞕cataract in the eye
• 粀decameter (old)