債務

See also: 债务

Chinese

		debt	affair; business; matter
trad. (債務)		債	務
simp. (债务)		债	务

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàiwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai³ mou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chai-vu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chè-bū / chèe-bū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zê³ bhu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàiwù → zhàiwu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˋ ㄨˋ → ㄓㄞˋ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàiwů
    • Wade–Giles: chai⁴-wu⁵
    • Yale: jài-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jay.wuh
    • Palladius: чжайу (čžaju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ u¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaai³ mou⁶
    • Yale: jaai mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai³ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai³ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯³³ mou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chai-vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai⁴ vu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè-bū
    • Tâi-lô: tsè-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zea'bu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ bu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ bu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ bu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèe-bū
    • Tâi-lô: tsèe-bū
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²¹⁻⁵³ bu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zê³ bhu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsè bŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bu³⁵/

Noun

債務

1. debt

   對外債務／对外债务  ―  duìwài zhàiwù  ―  foreign debt

   債務擔保／债务担保  ―  zhàiwù dānbǎo  ―  debt guarantee

Synonyms

• (figurative, colloquial) 饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)

Derived terms

• 債務上限 / 债务上限 (zhàiwù shàngxiàn)
• 債務人 / 债务人 (zhàiwùrén)
• 債務累累 / 债务累累 (zhàiwùlěilěi)
• 債務者 / 债务者 (zhàiwùzhě)

See also

• 債權／债权 (zhàiquán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
債	務
さい Grade: S	む Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいむ [sáꜜìmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠imɯ̟]

Noun

債(さい)務(む) • (saimu) 

1. debt
2. obligation, liability

Antonyms

• 債権(さいけん) (saiken)