討債

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	debt
trad. (討債)		討	債
simp. (讨债)		讨	债

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎozhài

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou² zaai³
Gan (Wiktionary): tau³ zai⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thó-chai

(Hailu, HRS): to^ˊ zai^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): tau³ zai⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): tau² zai³
Eastern Min (BUC): tō̤-cái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-chè / thó-chèe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhài
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chai⁴
  - Yale: tǎu-jài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojay
  - Palladius: таочжай (taočžaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou² zaai³
  - Yale: tóu jaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou² dzaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou² zai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡saːi̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tau³ zai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sai³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chai
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ zai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to³ zai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ zai^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴⁻³³ t͡sai¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tau³ zai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰau³¹ t͡saɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tau² zai³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tō̤-cái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑi²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chè
  - Tâi-lô: thó-tsè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toyzex
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chèe
  - Tâi-lô: thó-tsèe
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /tʰo⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɛ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɛ²¹/

Verb

討⫽債 (verb-object)

to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment

Synonyms

(to demand repayment):

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收債 / 收债 (shōuzhài)
收帳 / 收帐 (shōuzhàng)
索債 / 索债 (suǒzhài)
討數 / 讨数 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
討賬 / 讨账 (tǎozhàng)
追債 / 追债 (zhuīzhài)

Adjective

討債

(Hokkien) wasteful; squandering

Derived terms

討債囝 / 讨债囝
討債鬼 / 讨债鬼

References

“討債”, 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., 2026.