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贷

dài

HSK 5 Character Traditional 貸

What 贷 means

1. to lend on interest
2. to borrow
3. a loan
4. leniency
5. to make excuses
6. to pardon
7. to forgive

Example sentences

• 他想还清贷款。
  Tā xiǎng huánqīng dàikuǎn.
  He wants to pay off his loan.
• 我不需要贷款了。
  Wǒ bù xūyào dàikuǎn le.
  I do not need a loan anymore.
• 莎米向银行贷款。
  Sami took a loan from the bank.
• 你可以从银行贷款。
  You can get a loan from a bank.
• 他从银行得到了贷款。
  Tā cóng yínháng dédào le dàikuǎn.
  He got a loan from the bank.
• 现在的贷款利率很高。
  Xiànzài de dàikuǎn lìlǜ hěn gāo.
  Interest on loans is high at present.

Words starting with 贷

• 贷款dài kuǎna loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
• 贷方dài fāngcredit side (of a balance sheet); creditor; lender
• 贷记dài jìto credit
• 贷学金dài xué jīnstudent loan
• 贷款人dài kuǎn rénthe lender
• 贷款率dài kuǎn lǜlending interest rate

Words containing 贷

• 信贷xìn dàicredit; borrowed money
• 借贷jiè dàito borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
• 还贷huán dàito repay a loan
• 高利贷gāo lì dàihigh-interest loan; usury
• 责无旁贷zé wú páng dàito be duty bound; to be one's unshirkable responsibility
• 存贷cún dàibank deposits and loans
• 宽贷kuān dàito pardon; to excuse
• 房贷fáng dàihome loan
• 放贷fàng dàito provide loans
• 次贷cì dàisubprime lending; abbr. for 次级贷款
• 网贷wǎng dài(finance) online lending (or borrowing)
• 车贷chē dàicar loan (abbr. for 汽车贷款
• 农贷nóng dài(government) loan to agriculture
• 存贷款cún dài kuǎnsavings deposits and loans
• 低利贷款dī lì dài kuǎnlow interest loan
• 信贷危机xìn dài wēi jīcredit crisis
• 优惠贷款yōu huì dài kuǎn(finance) concessional loan; soft loan
• 助学贷款zhù xué dài kuǎnstudent loan
• 次级贷款cì jí dài kuǎnsubprime lending; abbr. to 次贷
• 次贷危机cì dài wēi jīsubprime mortgage crisis; abbr. for 次级房屋信贷危机
• 活期贷款huó qī dài kuǎndemand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)
• 临时贷款lín shí dài kuǎnbridging loan
• 过渡贷款guò dù dài kuǎnbridging loan
• 抽贷chōu dàito call in a loan

Characters built on 代

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

• 袋dàipouch; bag; sack
• 黛dàiumber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 岱DàiMt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 玳dàitortoise shell; turtle

Characters that look like 贷

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

• 货huògoods; money; commodity
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 赁lìnto rent
• 肾shènkidney
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 莹yíngluster of gems

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 怠idle; lazy; negligent
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam