透支

Chinese

		to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (透支)		透	支
simp. #(透支)		透	支

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòuzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau³ zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàu-chi / thàu-ki

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tao³ zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòuzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòujhih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: tòu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: towjy
    • Palladius: тоучжи (toučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau³ zi¹
    • Yale: tau jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàu-chi
    • Tâi-lô: thàu-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taocy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàu-ki
    • Tâi-lô: thàu-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tao'ky
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tao³ zin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàu tsiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ³³/

Verb

透支

1. to make an overdraft; to have a banking overdraw
2. to overspend; to let expenditure exceed revenue
3. (old) to draw one's salary in advance

References

• “Entry #52035”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.