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审计 (shěn jì) — to audit, to examine (financial accounts)

Definition

审计 (shěnjì) is the formal/technical term for auditing financial accounts — more specialized than 核查 (general inspection) and 审核 (review documents). Use 监察 when the focus is ongoing supervision, not a one-time financial check.

verb
to auditto examine (financial accounts)

Examples

  • 审计。
    Zhèng fǔ měi nián shěn jì guó yǒu qǐ yè de cái wù zhuàng kuàng.
    The government audits the financial status of state-owned enterprises every year.
  • 审计。
    Wǒ men xū yào qǐng wài bù zhuān jiā lái shěn jì gōng sī de cái wù bào biǎo.
    We need to invite external experts to audit the company's financial statements.
  • 审计，。
    Tā shěn jì wán zhè jiā gōng sī hòu, xiě le yí fèn xiáng xì de bào gào.
    After he finished auditing this company, he wrote a detailed report.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

审shěnexamine
计jìaccounts

审 is to examine carefully, and 计 refers to accounts or calculations, giving to audit finances.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Finance & Banking

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