债权 (zhài quán) — creditor's rights (legal/financial term)

Definition

Legal/financial term for the right of a creditor to claim money or performance from a debtor. Distinguished from 债务 (the debtor's side of the same legal relationship).

noun
creditor's rights (legal/financial term)

Examples

  • 债权。
    Gōng sī tōng guò chū shòu zhài quán lái róng zī.
    The company raised funds by selling creditor's rights.
  • 债权。
    Yín háng jiāng bù liáng zhài quán dǎ bāo chū shòu.
    The bank packages and sells non-performing creditor's rights.
  • 债权。
    Fǎ lǜ míng què guī dìng le zhài quán de fàn wéi.
    The law clearly defines the scope of creditor's rights.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

债zhàidebt
权quánright

债 is debt and 权 is right, giving rights connected with a debt.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 債; 债 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
責
責zé債zhài
Same sound today

The traditional form 債 combines 亻 (person) with 責 as a sound part; the simplified 债 is a later shorthand, and its right side is not the historical sound part.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 權; 权 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn權quán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 權 shows 木, a tree, with 雚 giving the sound; it named a kind of tree and was used for a standard weight. The simplified 权 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

Open 权 →

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