进账

進賬

jìnzhàng

verb #30,953

Meanings

1 (of money) to come into an account
2 to earn; to take in (income)
3 income; receipts (as a noun)

Characters

to enter, come in

account, ledger

Examples

这个月又有一笔大进账。

Zhè gè yuè yòu yǒu yī bǐ dà jìnzhàng.

Another big chunk of income came in this month.

店里今天进账不少。

Diàn lǐ jīntiān jìnzhàng bù shǎo.

The shop took in quite a bit today.

Tips

usage

Casual, conversational counterpart to formal 收入 shōurù ('income'). 进账 frames money as flowing into the books — common in small-business and gambling contexts. The opposite is 出账 chūzhàng (money flowing out).

Stroke Order

进 jìn

账 zhàng