討賬

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	account
trad. (討賬)		討	賬
simp. (讨账)		讨	账
alternative forms		討帳／讨帐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎozhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zoeng³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thau ⁵tsan; ⁵thau-tsan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chang⁴
    • Yale: tǎu-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojanq
    • Palladius: таочжан (taočžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou² zoeng³
    • Yale: tóu jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou² zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵thau ⁵tsan; ⁵thau-tsan
    • MiniDict: thau^去 tsan^去; thau^去 tsan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thau ²tsan; ²thau-tsan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ⁴⁴  t͡sã³⁴/, /tʰɔ³³ t͡sã⁴⁴/

Verb

討賬

1. to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment

   • 他們鍋裡有米煮，沒有人半夜裡敲門來討賬。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们锅里有米煮，没有人半夜里敲门来讨账。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen guō lǐ yǒu mǐ zhǔ, méiyǒu rén bànyè lǐ qiāomén lái tǎozhàng. [Pinyin]

     They have rice cooking in their pots and no creditors knocking on their doors at midnight.

2. (regional) to claim money owed for a purchase

Synonyms

• (to demand payment of one's debt):

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