Chinese symbol for “overdraft”
透支
tòu zhī
(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overdraft is 透支 (tòu zhī), defined as: (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).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 透支.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny |
| 渗透 (滲透) | shèn tòu | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness |
| 透视 (透視) | tòu shì | (drawing and painting) perspective; (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overdraft”.
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.