拖欠

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
trad. (拖欠)		拖	欠
simp. #(拖欠)		拖	欠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōqiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ him³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-khiàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tua¹ kiam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōqiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuociàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-chʻien⁴
    • Yale: twō-chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuochiann
    • Palladius: тоцянь (tocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ him³
    • Yale: tō him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ him³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ hiːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-khiàm
    • Tâi-lô: thua-khiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toa'qiaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ kʰiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tua¹ kiam³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thua khiàm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰua³³⁻²³ kʰiam²¹³/

Verb

拖欠

1. to be in arrears; to be behind paying; to default; to be outstanding

   貸款拖欠／贷款拖欠  ―  dàikuǎn tuōqiàn  ―  to default on a loan

   拖欠賬單／拖欠账单  ―  tuōqiàn zhàngdān  ―  outstanding bill

   老闆拖欠我的工資。 [MSC, trad.]
   老板拖欠我的工资。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎobǎn tuōqiàn wǒ de gōngzī. [Pinyin]

   My boss is behind on paying my wages.

Synonyms

• (literary) 逋欠 (būqiàn)