收賬

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	account
trad. (收賬)		收	賬
simp. (收账)		收	账
alternative forms		收帳／收帐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shōuzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄓㄤˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou¹ zang⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ zoeng³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹seu ⁵tsan; ¹seu-tsan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoujhàng
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-chang⁴
    • Yale: shōu-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoujanq
    • Palladius: шоучжан (šoučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sou¹ zang⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: souzang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu⁵⁵ t͡saŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ zoeng³
    • Yale: sāu jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹seu ⁵tsan; ¹seu-tsan
    • MiniDict: seu^平 tsan^去; seu^平 tsan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹seu ²tsan; ¹seu-tsan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ⁴⁴  t͡sã³⁴/, /sɤ⁵⁵ t͡sã²¹/

Verb

收賬

1. to record expenditures and income
2. to get debt back

Synonyms

• (to get debt back):

• 收債／收债 (shōuzhài)
• 收帳／收帐 (shōuzhàng)
• 索債／索债 (suǒzhài)
• 討債／讨债 (tǎozhài)
• 討賬／讨账 (tǎozhàng)
• 追債／追债 (zhuīzhài)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 要賬 (“to demand payment of a debt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		要賬, 收賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	要賬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要賬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	要賬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	要賬, 討賬
	Xi'an	要賬
	Xining	要賬
	Xuzhou	要賬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	要賬, 收賬, 討賬
	Ürümqi	要賬, 催賬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要賬, 收賬
	Wuhan	要賬, 討賬
	Guiyang	要賬, 收賬
	Liuzhou	討賬, 收賬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	討賬
	Yangzhou	要賬, 收賬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	收數
	Hong Kong	收數
	Taishan	收數
	Dongguan	收數, 追錢
Gan	Pingxiang	討賬
Hakka	Meixian	取賬
	Yudu	收數
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	收數
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	收數
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	收數
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	收數
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	收數
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	收數
Huizhou	Jixi	討賬, 收賬
Jin	Xinzhou	要賬, 攆賬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討賬
Southern Min	Xiamen	收數
	Quanzhou	收數
	Jinjiang	收數
	Zhangzhou	收數
	Tainan	收數 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	收數
	Haikou	收數, 討賬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	收賬, 討賬
Wu	Shanghai	討賬, 收賬
	Shanghai (Chongming)	要賬
	Suzhou	討賬
	Danyang	要賬, 收賬
	Ningbo	討賬
	Jinhua	取賬, 討賬
Xiang	Changsha	討賬
	Loudi	討賬