债务 (zhài wù) — debt; liability
Definition
Strictly the legal/financial noun 'debt, liability' — a more formal, written counterpart to the verb 欠 ('to owe'). Use 债券 for bonds and 窟窿 for a colloquial financial hole.
noun
debtliability
Measure word · 笔
Examples
- 债务。Gōng sī bì xū jǐn kuài huán qīng suǒ yǒu zhài wù.The company must pay off all its debts as soon as possible.
- 债务。Tā yīn wèi zhài wù wèn tí ér shī mián.He lost sleep over his debt problems.
- 。Guó jiā de wài zhài wù zhèng zài zhú nián jiǎn shǎo.The country's foreign debt is decreasing year by year.
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