Chinese symbol for “indebtedness”
债务
zhài wù
Traditional: 債務
debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indebtedness is 债务 (zhài wù), defined as: debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 债务.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 债券 (債券) | zhài quàn | bond; debenture |
| 债权人 (債權人) | zhài quán rén | creditor |
| 负债 (負債) | fù zhài | to be in debt; to incur debts |
| 国债 (國債) | guó zhài | national debt; government debt |
| 债权 (債權) | zhài quán | creditor's rights (law) |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 业务 (業務) | yè wù | business; professional work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indebtedness”.
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.