欠 qiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 人 man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
欠条
qiàntiáo
IOU; written acknowledgement of debt
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 那张欠条虽然只有几行字，却成了多年纠纷中最关键的证据。 Nà zhāng qiàntiáo suīrán zhǐ yǒu jǐ háng zì, què chéng le duō nián jiūfēn zhōng zuì guānjiàn de zhèngjù. Although that IOU contained only a few lines, it became the most crucial evidence in a dispute lasting years.
- 借钱的时候，最好写一张欠条。 Jiè qián de shíhou, zuìhǎo xiě yī zhāng qiàntiáo. When lending money, it is best to write an IOU.
- 他还了钱，把那张欠条当场撕掉了。 Tā huán le qián, bǎ nà zhāng qiàntiáo dāngchǎng sī diào le. He repaid the money and tore up that IOU on the spot.
Related words
- 欠 qiàn to owe; to be short of
- 欠缺 qiànquē to lack; to be deficient; deficiency
- 拖欠 tuōqiàn to be in arrears; to default on payment
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 条 tiáo a measure word for long things
- 条件 tiáojiàn condition
- 便条 biàntiáo note
- 教条 jiàotiáo dogma; doctrinaire
- 借条 jiètiáo IOU; written acknowledgement of debt
- 苗条 miáotiao slim; slender
- 条款 tiáokuǎn clause; provision; term
- 条例 tiáolì regulation; ordinance