討債

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	debt
trad. (討債)		討	債
simp. (讨债)		讨	债

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎozhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zaai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): tau³ zai⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thó-chai

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tau³ zai⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): tau² zai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-chè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chai⁴
    • Yale: tǎu-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojay
    • Palladius: таочжай (taočžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² zaai³
    • Yale: tóu jaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² zai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡saːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tau³ zai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sai³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chai
    • Hakka Romanization System: to` zai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ zai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tau³ zai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰau³¹ t͡saɪ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tau² zai³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxau⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chè
    • Tâi-lô: thó-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toyzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/

Verb

討債

1. to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to waste; to squander

Synonyms

• (to demand repayment):

• 收債／收债 (shōuzhài)
• 收帳／收帐 (shōuzhàng)
• 索債／索债 (suǒzhài)
• 討賬／讨账 (tǎozhàng)
• 追債／追债 (zhuīzhài)

 

• (to waste):

• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費／白费 (báifèi)
• 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
• 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 浪費 (“to waste; to squander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浪費, 靡費
Mandarin	Beijing	糟蹋, 糟踐
	Taiwan	浪費, 糟蹋
	Harbin	糟踐
	Jinan	糟蹋, 糟踐
	Xi'an	糟蹋
	Wuhan	糟蹋, 拋撒
	Chengdu	糟蹋, 拋撒
	Yangzhou	作蹋
	Hefei	糟蹋
	Singapore	浪費
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘥, 嘥撻
	Hong Kong	嘥
	Taishan	嘥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嘥
	Dongguan	嘥
	Yangjiang	嘥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘥
Gan	Nanchang	糟蹋
Hakka	Meixian	浪撇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打爽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打爽, 浪核
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打爽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打爽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打爽
Jin	Taiyuan	糟蹋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	糟蹋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	敗, 作蹋
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍損, 仄挩
	Quanzhou	拍損, 仄挩
	Zhangzhou	拍損
	Tainan	拍損, 仄挩
	Penang (Hokkien)	損
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍損, 了
	Manila (Hokkien)	仄挩, 了
	Chaozhou	噠浪
	Jieyang	噠浪
	Singapore (Teochew)	拍損
Wu	Suzhou	糟蹋
	Wenzhou	糟, 殘嘈
Xiang	Changsha	糟蹋
	Shuangfeng	糟蹋

Derived terms

• 討債鬼／讨债鬼