活期存款

huóqī cúnkuǎn

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

活期存款利率比定期低得多。

Huóqī cúnkuǎn lìlǜ bǐ dìngqī dī de duō.

The interest rate on demand deposits is much lower than on fixed deposits.

HSK 7-9

我把工资留在活期存款里方便取用。

Wǒ bǎ gōngzī liú zài huóqī cúnkuǎn lǐ fāngbiàn qǔyòng.

I keep my salary in a demand deposit account for easy access.

usage

Opposite of 定期存款 (time deposit / fixed deposit). 活期 literally 'live-term' means withdrawable at any time; 定期 means 'fixed term'.

活 huó

期 qī

存 cún

款 kuǎn