国债 (guó zhài) — national debt (government bonds issued by a country)

Definition

Examples

• 政府通过发行国债来筹集资金。
  Zhèng fǔ tōng guò fā xíng guó zhài lái chóu jí zī jīn.
  The government raises funds by issuing national debt.
• 投资者普遍认为国债的风险较低。
  Tóu zī zhě pǔ biàn rèn wéi guó zhài de fēng xiǎn jiào dī.
  Investors generally believe that national debt carries relatively low risk.
• 去年国债的收益率下降了。
  Qù nián guó zhài de shōu yì lǜ xià jiàng le.
  The yield on national debt fell last year.