討賬

Chinese

	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	account
trad. (討賬)	討	賬
simp. (讨账)	讨	账
alternative forms	討帳／讨帐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tǎozhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): tǎozhān
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zoeng³
Northern Min (KCR): tǎu-dio̿ng
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵thau ⁵tsan; ⁵thau-tsan / ³thau-cian₅ / ³thau-tsan₅
- (Jinhua): ³thau-ciaon₅
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): tau³ zhan⁴

(Loudi, Wiktionary): teu^3* jiong⁴ / teu^3* dong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhàng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chang⁴
  - Yale: tǎu-jàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojanq
  - Palladius: таочжан (taočžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: tǎozhān
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): tao³ zhan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔ¹¹ ʈ͡ʂã⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² zoeng³
  - Yale: tóu jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² zêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǎu-dio̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹ tiɔŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thau ⁵tsan; ⁵thau-tsan
  - MiniDict: thau^去 tsan^去; thau^去 tsan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thau ²tsan; ²thau-tsan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sã³⁴/, /tʰɔ³³ t͡sã⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ³thau-cian₅
  - MiniDict: thau^上 cian^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /tʰɔ³³ t͡ɕiã³⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³thau-tsan₅
  - MiniDict: thau^上 tsan^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰæ⁵² t͡sã¹¹/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³thau-ciaon₅
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /tʰɑu⁵³ t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: tau³ zhan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʰɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tʰɒu̯⁴¹ t͡san⁴⁵/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: teu^3* jiong⁴ / teu^3* dong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁴²⁻¹ t͡ɕi̯ɔŋ³⁵/, /tʰɤ⁴²⁻¹ tɔŋ³⁵/

Verb

討賬

to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment
- 他們鍋裡有米煮，沒有人半夜裡敲門來討賬。 [MSC, trad.]
  他们锅里有米煮，没有人半夜里敲门来讨账。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Tāmen guō lǐ yǒu mǐ zhǔ, méiyǒu rén bànyè lǐ qiāomén lái tǎozhàng. [Pinyin]
  They have rice cooking in their pots and no creditors knocking on their doors at midnight.
(regional) to claim money owed for a purchase

Synonyms

(to demand payment of one's debt):

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收債 / 收债 (shōuzhài)
收帳 / 收帐 (shōuzhàng)
索債 / 索债 (suǒzhài)
討債 / 讨债 (tǎozhài)
討數 / 讨数 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
追債 / 追债 (zhuīzhài)

Dialectal synonyms of 要賬 (“to demand payment of a debt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		要賬, 收賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	要賬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要賬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	要賬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	要賬, 討賬
	Xi'an	要賬
	Xining	要賬
	Xuzhou	要賬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	要賬, 收賬, 討賬
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	要賬, 催賬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要賬, 收賬
	Wuhan	要賬, 討賬
	Guiyang	要賬, 收賬
	Liuzhou	討賬, 收賬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	討賬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要賬, 收賬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	收數
	Hong Kong	收數
	Taishan	收數
	Dongguan	收數, 追錢
Gan	Pingxiang	討賬
Hakka	Meixian	取賬
	Yudu	收數
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	收數
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	收數
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	收數
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	收數
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	收數
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	收數
Huizhou	Jixi	討賬, 收賬
Jin	Xinzhou	要賬, 攆賬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討賬
Southern Min	Xiamen	收數
	Quanzhou	收數
	Jinjiang	收數
	Zhangzhou	收數
	Tainan	收數 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	收數
	Haikou	收數, 討賬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	收賬, 討賬
Wu	Shanghai	討賬, 收賬
	Shanghai (Chongming)	要賬
	Suzhou	討賬
	Danyang	要賬, 收賬
	Ningbo	討賬
	Jinhua	取賬, 討賬
Xiang	Changsha	討賬
Xiang	Loudi	討賬