透支

tòu zhī

Dictionary entry

(banking) to overdraw

What does 透支 mean?

透支 (tòu zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(banking) to overdraw

2to take out an overdraft

3an overdraft

4to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)

5(old) to draw one's wage in advance

6(fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)

7to damage a natural resource through overuse

Character breakdown

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透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through · to tell secretly; to leak 支Zhīsurname Zhi

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透支

tòu zhī

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