欠數

Chinese

		deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (欠數)		欠	數
simp. (欠数)		欠	数

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ sou³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiam-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiam⁴ si⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): kiéng-só
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiàm-siàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiam³ siao³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ sou³
    • Yale: him sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiam-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiam sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiam⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯am⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiam⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiéng-só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nou²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmsiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ siau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiam³ siao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiàm siàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau²¹³/

Verb

欠數

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) to owe debt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 欠賬 (“to owe debt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		欠賬, 欠債, 負債
Mandarin	Taiwan	欠賬
	Harbin	欠賬
	Jinan	欠賬
	Luoyang	欠賬
	Wanrong	欠賬
	Xi'an	欠賬
	Yinchuan	欠賬, 欠債
	Ürümqi	欠賬, 欠債
	Xuzhou	欠賬
	Yangzhou	欠賬
	Nanjing	欠賬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	欠數
	Hong Kong	爭數
	Dongguan	欠賬
Gan	Pingxiang	欠賬
Hakka	Meixian	欠賬, 欠數
	Yudu	欠數, 欠債, 駄債
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	欠數, 欠債
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	欠數, 欠債
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	欠數, 欠債
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	欠數, 欠債
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	欠數, 欠債
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	欠數, 欠債
Huizhou	Jixi	欠賬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	欠賬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	欠數, 欠債
Southern Min	Xiamen	欠數
	Quanzhou	欠數
	Zhangzhou	欠數
	Tainan	欠數 GT, 欠債 GT, 負債 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	欠數
	Shantou	欠數
	Leizhou	欠數
	Haikou	欠數
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	欠賬
Wu	Shanghai	欠賬, 空銅鈿, 欠銅鈿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	欠賬
	Suzhou	欠賬, 賒賬
	Danyang	欠賬
	Hangzhou	欠賬, 欠債
	Wenzhou	欠賬
	Jinhua	欠賬
Xiang	Changsha	該賬, 背賬
	Loudi	欠賬
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)