Chinese symbol for “overdue”
滞纳
zhì nà
Traditional: 滯納
overdue (payment); in arrears
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overdue is 滞纳 (zhì nà), defined as: overdue (payment); in arrears.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overdue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过度 (過度) | guò dù | excessive; over- |
| 误点 (誤點) | wù diǎn | not on time; late (public transport, airlines) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滞纳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate |
| 滞后 (滯後) | zhì hòu | to lag behind |
| 停滞不前 (停滯不前) | tíng zhì bù qián | stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut |
| 阻滞 (阻滯) | zǔ zhì | to clog up; silted up |
| 迟滞 (遲滯) | chí zhì | delay; procrastination |
| 纳入 (納入) | nà rù | to bring into; to channel into |
| 容纳 (容納) | róng nà | to hold; to contain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overdue”.
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.