Chinese symbol for “debts”
欠款
qiàn kuǎn
to owe a debt; balance due; debts
The closest CC-CEDICT match for debts is 欠款 (qiàn kuǎn), defined as: to owe a debt; balance due; debts.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欠款.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠缺 | qiàn quē | to be deficient in; lapse |
| 拖欠 | tuō qiàn | in arrears; behind in payments |
| 亏欠 (虧欠) | kuī qiàn | to have a deficit; to be in the red; to owe |
| 欠佳 | qiàn jiā | suboptimal; subpar |
| 欠债 (欠債) | qiàn zhài | to owe a debt; the sum owed |
| 贷款 (貸款) | dài kuǎn | a loan; 笔 (bǐ) |
| 条款 (條款) | tiáo kuǎn | clause (of contract or law); 项 (xiàng) |
| 罚款 (罰款) | fá kuǎn | to fine; penalty |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.