账

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account; bill; debt; CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 长 sound ( cháng )

Components 贝长

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
银行对账单	yín háng duì zhàng dān	bank statement
流水账	liú shuǐ zhàng	day-to-day account; current account
账房先生	zhàng fáng xiān sheng	bookkeeper (old)
名义账户	míng yì zhàng hù	nominal bank account
转账卡	zhuǎn zhàng kǎ	debit card
经常账户	jīng cháng zhàng hù	(economics) current account
动账	dòng zhàng	(of a bank account) to be affected by a transaction
应收账款	yīng shōu zhàng kuǎn	accounts receivable
分账	fēn zhàng	to share profits (or debt)
账面	zhàng miàn	an item in accounts; an entry
平账	píng zhàng	(accounting) to balance the books
开账	kāi zhàng	to make out a bill
老账	lǎo zhàng	lit. old account; old debt; fig. old scores to settle; old quarrels; old grudge
后账	hòu zhàng	undisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame sb after the event
秋后算账	qiū hòu suàn zhàng	lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom); fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
台账	tái zhàng	detailed record or log
账本	zhàng běn	account book
翻老账	fān lǎo zhàng	to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
报账	bào zhàng	to report expenses; to submit accounts
死账	sǐ zhàng	dormant bank account

Characters sharing the sound component 长 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
长 sound part	cháng	long, lasting; to excel in
张	zhāng	to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
帐	zhàng	tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account
胀	zhàng	swelling, inflation
怅	chàng	disappointed; regretful; upset
伥	chāng	the ghost of one devoured by a tiger
苌	cháng	Averrhora carambola; surname
枨	chéng	jamb, door stop; to touch