坏账

壞賬

huàizhàng

noun #97,946

Meanings

1 bad debt

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

银行的坏账越来越多，利润受到了很大的影响。

Yínháng de huàizhàng yuèláiyuè duō, lìrùn shòudào le hěn dà de yǐngxiǎng.

The bank's bad debts keep growing, and its profits have been hit hard.

HSK 6

客户一直不还钱，这笔钱最后成了坏账。

Kèhù yìzhí bù huán qián, zhè bǐ qián zuìhòu chéng le huàizhàng.

The customer never paid, and the money ended up as a bad debt.

Tips

usage

Accountants set money aside in advance for debts that may go bad: 计提坏账准备 "to make a bad-debt provision". A near synonym, used mostly of bank loans, is 呆账, and older texts write 账 as 帐.

Stroke Order

坏 huài

账 zhàng