债

zhài

debt

CL:筆|笔[bi3]

person (亻) + responsibility (责) = debt

责 means responsibility or duty, so a person bound by an obligation they must repay is precisely what debt means. The pairing is almost definitional: a human carrying a burden of accountability.

亻+责→债
亻A personSemantic
责ResponsibilitySemantic

他借了很多钱,债还没还完。

tā jiè le hěn duō qián, zhài hái méi huán wán。

He borrowed a lot of money; the debt still hasn't been fully repaid.

父母欠下的债,让这个家庭压力很大。

fù mǔ qiàn xià de zhài, ràng zhè ge jiā tíng yā lì hěn dà。

The debt that the parents accumulated put a lot of pressure on this family.

Words with 债

放债

fàng zhài

to lend money (for interest); to give credit

血债

xuè zhài

debt of blood (after killing sb)

债款

zhài kuǎn

debt

还债

huán zhài

to settle a debt

讨债

tǎo zhài

to demand repayment

负债累累

fù zhài lěi lěi

deep in debt

连动债

lián dòng zhài

structured note (finance)

逼债

bī zhài

to press for payment of debts

风流债

fēng liú zhài

lit. love debt

三角债

sān jiǎo zhài

triangular debt

中短债

zhōng duǎn zhài

short- or medium-term loan

了债

liǎo zhài

to repay one's debt

More characters with 亻

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