债
务

Debt in Chinese: 债务 (zhài wù)

zhài wù

debt

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 債務1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1debt
  2. 2liability
  3. 3amount due
  4. 4indebtedness

Stroke order

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债
务

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄞˋ

zhài

ㄓ/ zhㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨˋ

wù

ㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

债务

Simplified

債務

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他借钱做生意,欠下了很多债务。

    tā jiè qián zuò shēng yì, qiàn xià le hěn duō zhài wù。

    He borrowed money for his business and ran up a lot of debt.

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Related words

债

zhài

debt

任务

rèn wu

mission

家务

jiā wù

household duties

业务

yè wù

business

义务

yì wù

duty

服务

fú wù

to serve

商务

shāng wù

commercial affairs

职务

zhí wù

post

财务

cái wù

financial affairs

公务

gōng wù

official business

劳务

láo wù

service (work done for money)

事务

shì wù

(political, economic etc) affairs

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