活期存款

huóqīcúnkuǎn

noun

Meanings

1 demand deposit
2 current account deposit

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Examples

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.

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.

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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".

Stroke Order

活 huó

期 qī

存 cún

款 kuǎn