拖 tuō
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拖欠
tuōqiàn
to be in arrears; to default on payment
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 施工方拖欠工人工资三个月，引发了集体投诉。 Shīgōngfāng tuōqiàn gōngrén gōngzī sān gè yuè, yǐnfā le jítǐ tóusù. The construction contractor was three months in arrears on workers' wages, triggering a collective complaint.
- 公司拖欠房租，房东多次催促没有结果。 Gōngsī tuōqiàn fángzū, fángdōng duō cì cuīcù méiyǒu jiéguǒ. The company was behind on rent, and the landlord's repeated reminders brought no result.
- 他拖欠电话费太久，手机被停机了。 Tā tuōqiàn diànhuàfèi tài jiǔ, shǒujī bèi tíngjī le. He had delayed paying his phone bill so long that his service was cut off.
Related words
- 拖 tuō to drag, to pull
- 拖延 tuōyán to delay
- 拖累 tuōlěi to drag down; to burden
- 欠 qiàn to owe; to be short of
- 欠缺 qiànquē to lack; to be deficient; deficiency
- 欠条 qiàntiáo IOU; written acknowledgement of debt
- 债 zhài debt
- 透支 tòuzhī overdraw; overextend; overdraft
- 债务 zhàiwù debt; liability
- 算账 suànzhàng to settle accounts; to get even
- 信贷 xìndài credit; lending
- 掏腰包 tāoyāobāo to pay out of one's own pocket