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债券

zhàiquàn

bond; debt security

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Characters in this word

债 zhài

Strokes
10
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 责 one's responsibility, duty
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

券 quàn

Strokes
8
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
龹 Form of 卷 used as a phonetic component 刀 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 地方政府发行债券前,必须充分披露项目收益和偿还来源。 Dìfāng zhèngfǔ fāxíng zhàiquàn qián, bìxū chōngfèn pīlù xiàngmù shōuyì hé chánghuán láiyuán. Before issuing bonds, a local government must fully disclose the project returns and repayment sources.
  • 他把大部分积蓄都买了债券,觉得比较安心。 Tā bǎ dà bùfen jīxù dōu mǎi le zhàiquàn, juéde bǐjiào ānxīn. He put most of his savings into bonds, feeling fairly secure about it.
  • 公司通过发行债券筹集资金,用于扩建新工厂。 Gōngsī tōngguò fāxíng zhàiquàn chóují zījīn, yòngyú kuòjiàn xīn gōngchǎng. The company raised funds by issuing bonds to expand its new factory.

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