债

The character "债" has 10 strokes. "债" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "债" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "债" are "zhài" . View the stroke order of "债">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "债"

n.: debt; loan

• debt : n.债务；欠债；恩义
• loan : n.借贷；贷款；所借之物；小径；借出；挤牛奶场

Form words with "债"

风月债 debt of love

Example phrases using "债"

• 他背了一屁股/一身债。

  He was heavily in debts.

• 欠西方银行家债的东欧国家。

  East European states in hock to Western bankers.

• 他欠了高达四万英镑的债。

  He was in debt to the tune of forty thousand pounds.

• 他不但一文不名，还欠了２００万英镑的债。

  He went broke owing two million pounds.

• 他不愿意承认欠了债。

  [with clause]he was reluctant to own that he was indebted.

• 债已经彻底还清。

  The debt was absolutely extinguished.

• 我不想拖欠同船船员的债

  I do not want to be behindhand with my shipmates

• 他们生活方式奢侈，背上了很多债。

  Their extravagant life-style plunged them into debt.

• 我欠的债像是在脖子上套着个磨盘。

  My debts were like a millstone round my neck .

• 马克把所有债权人的债都还清了吗？

  Has Mark paid off all his creditors yet ?