透 tòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 秀 elegant, graceful, refined
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
透支
tòuzhī
overdraw; overextend; overdraft
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 长期靠透支信用卡维持现金流，只会把财务风险推向更深处。 Chángqī kào tòuzhī xìnyòngkǎ wéichí xiànjīnliú, zhǐ huì bǎ cáiwù fēngxiǎn tuī xiàng gèng shēn chù. Relying on credit-card overdrafts to maintain cash flow in the long term will only deepen financial risk.
- 他买新车花得太多，信用卡已经透支了。 Tā mǎi xīnchē huā de tài duō, xìnyòngkǎ yǐjīng tòuzhī le. He spent too much buying a new car and has already overdrawn his credit card.
- 连续加班一个月，他的身体严重透支了。 Liánxù jiābān yí ge yuè, tā de shēntǐ yánzhòng tòuzhī le. After working overtime for a month straight, his body is seriously overdrawn.
Related words
- 透 tòu through; completely
- 透明 tòumíng transparent
- 透过 tòuguò through
- 透露 tòulù to reveal
- 渗透 shèntòu to permeate; to infiltrate
- 透彻 tòuchè thorough; penetrating
- 透气 tòuqì be breathable; allow air through
- 支 zhī a measure word for long thin things
- 支持 zhīchí to support
- 支付 zhīfù to pay
- 支 zhī to support; to prop up
- 支出 zhīchū expense