账 (zhàng): account, bill, debt
账 (zhàng) is a Chinese character meaning “account.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 长 (phonetic). It ranks #2131 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 账 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- account
- bill
- debt
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 账
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 账户noun | zhàng hù | bank account | 5 |
| 账单noun | zhàng dān | bill | 6 |
| 账号 | zhàng hào | account number | 5 |
| 结账verb | jié zhàng | to settle accounts | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混账 | hùn zhàng | shameful |
| 付账 | fù zhàng | to settle an account |
| 账本 | zhàng běn | account book |
| 算账 | suàn zhàng | (accounting) to balance the books |
| 转账 | zhuǎn zhàng | to transfer (money to a bank account) |
| 账目 | zhàng mù | an item in accounts |
| 买账 | mǎi zhàng | variant of 買帳|买帐[mai3 zhang4] |
| 旧账 | jiù zhàng | lit. old account |
| 赖账 | lài zhàng | to renege on a debt |
| 记账 | jì zhàng | to keep accounts |
| 赊账 | shē zhàng | to buy or sell on credit |
| 进账 | jìn zhàng | (of money) to come into an account |
| 账面 | zhàng miàn | an item in accounts |
| 欠账 | qiàn zhàng | to owe a debt |
| 还账 | huán zhàng | to settle and account |
账 appears in 65 compound words: 20 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 账 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习账字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí zhàng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "账" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
...钱”?私下退款或被冻结户口 官方教错误转账处理方法
. . . qián ? sī xià tuì kuǎn huò bèi dòng jié hù kǒu guān fāng jiào cuò wù zhuǎn zhàng chǔ lǐ fāng fǎ
... Money"? Private refund or account freezing official teaching wrong transfer handling method
头条:美智库称中国关联账号干预日本选举 集中攻击高市早苗
tóu tiáo : měi zhì kù chèn zhōng guó guān lián zhàng hào gān yù rì běn xuǎn jǔ jí zhōng gōng jī gāo shì zǎo miáo
Headlines: U.S. think tank says China-related accounts interfere in Japanese elections and focus on attacking Sanae Takaichi
8000多亿春节旅游账单,藏着团圆新解法
8 0 0 0 duō yì chūn jié lǚ yóu zhàng dān , zàng zhe tuán yuán xīn jiě fǎ
More than 800 billion yuan of Spring Festival tourism bills hide a new solution to reunion
...年香港经济增2.5-3.5% 今年度经营账目恢复盈余
. . . nián xiāng gǎng jīng jì zēng 2 . 5 3 . 5 jīn nián dù jīng yíng zhàng mù huī fù yíng yú
... Hong Kong's economy grew by 2.5-3.5% This year's operating accounts returned to surplus
...3.3元增17% 大行估50亿恒生股息入账补资本
. . . 3 . 3 yuán zēng 1 7 dà háng gū 5 0 yì héng shēng gǔ xī rù zhàng bǔ zī běn
... 3.3 yuan increased by 17% The big bank estimated that 5 billion Hang Seng dividends were recorded to supplement capital
请把它充入我的账户。
Qǐng bǎ tā chōng rù wǒ de zhànghù.
Please add it to my account.
汤姆拿出钱包付了账。
Tāngmǔ náchū qiánbāo fù le zhàng.
Tom took out his wallet and paid the bill.
我昨天停用了推特账户。
Wǒ zuótiān tíngyòng le Tuītè zhànghù.
I deactivated my Twitter account yesterday.
汤姆有多个银行账户。
Tāngmǔ yǒu duōge yínháng zhànghù.
Tom has various bank accounts.
Character Family
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