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

HSK 1

店里今天进账不少。

Diàn lǐ jīntiān jìnzhàng bùshǎo.

The shop took in quite a bit today.

HSK 3

这个月又有一笔大进账。

Zhège yuè yòu yǒu yī bǐ dà jìnzhàng.

Another big chunk of income came in this month.

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