对账

對賬

duìzhàng

verb

Meanings

1 to reconcile accounts
2 to verify accounting records
3 to check accounts against each other

Characters

to match / check against

account / ledger

Examples

会计每月底都要和银行对账。

Kuàijì měi yuèdǐ dōu yào hé yínháng duìzhàng.

The accountant has to reconcile with the bank at the end of every month.

我们对完账才发现少了一千块。

Wǒmen duì wán zhàng cái fāxiàn shǎo le yìqiān kuài.

Only after reconciling the accounts did we notice we were short 1,000 yuan.

Tips

grammar

对账 is a separable verb: 对了账 (duì le zhàng, reconciled the books), 对完账 (duì wán zhàng, finished reconciling). Avoid treating it as one inseparable unit.

Stroke Order

对 duì

账 zhàng