余额 (yú'é): balance (of an account)

Measure Word

一笔余额 bǐ

Meanings

1 balance (of an account)
2 remaining amount

Characters

Literally 'remaining amount' — the balance left over

Examples

请查看你的账户余额。

Qǐng chákàn nǐ de zhànghù yú'é.

Please check your account balance.

我的手机话费余额不足了。

Wǒ de shǒujī huàfèi yú'é bùzú le.

My phone credit balance is insufficient.

余额宝是一种理财产品。

Yú'ébǎo shì yī zhǒng lǐcái chǎnpǐn.

Yu'ebao is a type of financial product.

Tips

usage

余额 is used for any kind of financial balance — bank accounts, phone credit, gift cards, etc. Very common in everyday digital payments in China.

Stroke Order

余 yú

额 é

Related Words

余 yú HSK 7-9 #8,314

surplus; remaining; leftover / more than / I; me (literary)

剩余 shèngyú HSK 7-9 #7,381

remaining / surplus / leftover

余地 yúdì HSK 7-9 #6,370

room (for maneuver) / leeway / margin

额外 éwài HSK 7-9 #4,072

extra / additional / beyond what is expected

巨额 jù'é HSK 7-9 #10,667

huge amount (of money) / enormous sum

多余 duōyú HSK 7-9 #5,736

surplus / superfluous / unnecessary / redundant

余额宝 yú'ébǎo

Yu'e Bao (Alipay's money-market fund / savings product)

数额 shù'é HSK 7-9 #13,141

amount / sum / numerical value

差额 chā'é HSK 7-9 #35,164

difference (in amount) / balance / discrepancy / margin

余生 yúshēng #4,323

the rest of one's life / remaining years