Chinese word dictionary

赊账

shē zhàng · to buy or sell on credit; outstanding account; to have an outstanding account

Practice word

Word information

Simplified赊账

Traditional賒賬

Pinyinshē zhàng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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赊shē

to buy and sell on credit

账zhàng

accounts, bills; credit, debt

How to learn 赊账

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结账jiézhàng

to settle accounts; to pay the bill

账号zhànghào

account number; account; username

账户zhànghù

bank account; online account

账单zhàngdān

bill

算账suànzhàng

(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge