欠債

Chinese

		deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn	debt
trad. (欠債)		欠	債
simp. (欠债)		欠	债

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiànzhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ zaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiam-chai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiàm-chè / khiàm-chèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiànzhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciànjhài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴-chai⁴
    • Yale: chyàn-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannjay
    • Palladius: цяньчжай (cjanʹčžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ zaai³
    • Yale: him jaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ dzaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ zai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ t͡saːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiam-chai
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiam zai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiam⁴ zai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯am⁵⁵ t͡sai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-chè
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmzex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-chèe
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɛ²¹/

Verb

欠債

1. to be in debt; to owe a debt

Synonyms

• 欠賬／欠账 (qiànzhàng)
• 負債／负债 (fùzhài)
• (Hakka, Min Nan) 欠數／欠数

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 欠債

1. debt; the sum owed

(deprecated template usage)