透支

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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

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

to make an overdraft; to have a banking overdraw
to overspend; to let expenditure exceed revenue
(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.

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