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zhài

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zhài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhài | zhai4
English translation
debt, loan, liability

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About zhài

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

zhài

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A person's  rén  duty  also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻責

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Words with zhài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhài debt zhài
债务 zhài wù debt債務
债券 zhàiquàn bond債券
国债 guó zhài national debt國債
负债 fù zhài to be in debt負債
还债 huán zhài to settle a debt還債
血债 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb)血債
欠债 qiàn zhài to owe a debt欠債
债权 zhài quán creditor's rights (law)債權
债权人 zhài quán rén creditor債權人
债主 zhài zhǔ creditor債主
讨债 tǎo zhài to demand repayment討債
负债累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt負債累累
公债 gōng zhài government bond公債
外债 wài zhài foreign debt外債
债务人 zhài wù rén debtor債務人
抵债 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor抵債
放债 fàng zhài to give credit放債
债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt債臺高築
借债 jiè zhài to borrow money借債
债款 zhài kuǎn debt債款
人情债 rén qíng zhài debt of gratitude人情債
举债 jǔ zhài to raise a loan舉債

zhài Decomposition & Compounds

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