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透支 (tòu zhī): (banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse
Characters
2
Part of speech
verb
HSK level
HSK 7

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • (banking) to overdraw
  • to take out an overdraft
  • an overdraft
  • to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
  • (fig.) to exhaust (ones enthusiasm
  • (old) to draw ones wage in advance

Chinese explanation

  • 指从银行账户中取出超过存款余额的钱,使账户出现亏空
  • 也泛指超出自身能力或限度地消耗精力、体力等,如透支健康。

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Character breakdown

HSK 6

(bound form) to penetrate

HSK 5

to support

Example sentences

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He bought a new phone this month and treated his friends to several meals, so his bank card was overdrawn and he couldn't even pay his rent.

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If you always overdraw your credit card, the bank will charge high interest, and your credit record will be affected too.

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In order to pay the surgery fee on time, he had no choice but to overdraw his account and get through the immediate crisis first.

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The company's expenses were too high this month, and the account is already overdrawn; the finance manager is trying to apply for a bank loan.

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