账目 (zhàng mù) — accounts; financial records | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

accountsfinancial records

Examples

账目，。
Gōng sī de zhàng mù hěn qīng chǔ, méi yǒu cuò wù.
The company's accounts are very clear, with no mistakes.
账目。
Tā měi gè yuè dōu yào duì zhàng mù.
He checks the accounts every month.
账目。
Zhè xiē zhàng mù jì lù le gōng sī de shōu rù.
These accounts record the company's income.

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.

账zhàngaccount

账 means account and 目 means item or entry: account entries or financial records.

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 賬; 账 is its simplified writing.

貝長賬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell

Sound part声符shēngfú

長

長cháng賬

Same sound today

In the traditional form 賬, 貝 is a shell and 長 is used for the sound; the simplified 账 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

目 began as a drawing of a human eye, turned sideways.

Appears in

Finance & Banking

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