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赤字 chìzì

赤字 chìzì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 赤字 chìzì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chìzì | chi4 zi4
English translation
(financial) deficit
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Traditional form

赤字 chìzì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 赤字 chìzì

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chì

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

土火

Number of Strokes

7

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and represents the sound. The gài (roof) component is based on the original meaning "raise; nurture". The meaning later shifted to "educate", "word", and "writing".

Positional decomposition

宀子

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 赤字 chìzì

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cóng 赤字 chìzì jiān 难产 nán chǎn .

Brachial plexus deficits with and without shoulder dystocia . [ comment ] .

七亿五千 de 赤字 chìzì 莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào de 达到 dádào le 八亿.

The 750 million yuan deficIt'somehow got rounded up to 800 million yuan.

11 yuè 美国 Měi guó de 贸易赤字扩大 kuòdà dào 75.9亿美元

The US trade deficit widened to $59 billion in November.

两国 liǎng guó dōu 深受 shēn shòu 失业率 shī yè lǜ 飙升 biāo shēng 预算赤字拉大以及 yǐjí 财政 cáizhèng 岌岌可危 jí jí kě wēi 之苦

Both countries suffer from soaring unemployment, large budget deficits and wobbly financial sectors.

奢侈品 shē chǐ pǐn shuì 其实 qíshí duì 削减 xuē jiǎn 预算赤字 bìng 不会 bù huì yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 帮助 bāngzhù

The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit.

赤字 chìzì Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 赤字 chìzì and their own compounds.

赤字 chìzì Compounds

See all 22 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 赤字 chìzì in their composition.

  • chì
      • xià , ,
    • shè
    • hǎo , chī , zhě , nǎn , , chēng , táng , chēng , , , , , , , ,
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