进账 (jìn zhàng) — income; receipts (money coming into an account)

Definition

进账 refers to money received or recorded as income in an account — a more formal, bookkeeping-style term than the everyday 收入.

noun
incomereceipts (money coming into an account)

Examples

  • 进账。
    Zhè ge yuè gōng sī de jìn zhàng bǐ shàng ge yuè duō le hěn duō.
    This month the company's income is much more than last month.
  • 进账。
    Tā měi tiān dōu huì jì lù dāng tiān de jìn zhàng.
    He records the day's income every day.
  • 进账。
    Zhè bǐ jìn zhàng shì mài fáng zi dé lái de.
    This income came from selling the house.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

进jìnenter
账zhàngaccount

进 enter and 账 account name money entering an account.

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 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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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 賬; 账 is its simplified writing.

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.

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