討賬
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Chinese
[edit]ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry |
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trad. (討賬) | 討 | 賬 | |
simp. (讨账) | 讨 | 账 | |
alternative forms | 討帳/讨帐 |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Verb
[edit]討賬
- 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.]
- 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.
他们锅里有米煮,没有人半夜里敲门来讨账。 [MSC, simp.]
- (regional) to claim money owed for a purchase
Synonyms
[edit]- (to demand payment of one's debt):