# 討債
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tǎozhài
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^2$ zaai$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tau$^3$ zai$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thó-chai
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tau$^3$ zai$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tau$^2$ zai$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-chè
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhài
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhài
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^3$-chai$^4$
*** Yale: tǎu-jài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojay
*** Palladius: таочжай (taočžaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^2$ zaai$^3$
*** Yale: tóu jaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^2$ dzaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^2$ zai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡saːi̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^3$ zai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sai³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chai
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˋ$ zai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^3$ zai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sai̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tau$^3$ zai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰau³¹ t͡saɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^2$ zai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau⁵³ t͡sai⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chè
*** Tâi-lô: thó-tsè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toyzex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/

### Verb

討債
* to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to waste; to squander

#### Synonyms

* (to demand repayment):
* 收債／收债 (shōuzhài)
* 收帳／收帐 (shōuzhàng)
* 索債／索债 (suǒzhài)
* 討賬／讨账 (tǎozhàng)
* 追債／追债 (zhuīzhài)
* (to waste):
* 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
* 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
* 抖落 (dǒuluò)
* 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
* 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
* 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
* 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
* 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
* 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
* 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
* 白了 (Hokkien)
* 白白了 (Hokkien)
* 白費／白费 (báifèi)
* 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
* 糟蹋 (zāotà)
* 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
* 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
* 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
* 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 靡 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 浪費, 靡費 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 糟蹋, 糟踐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 浪費, 糟蹋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 糟踐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 浪費 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 糟蹋, 糟踐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 糟蹋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 糟蹋, 拋撒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 糟蹋, 拋撒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 作蹋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 糟蹋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘥, 嘥撻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘥 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嘥 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嘥 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嘥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 嘥 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 糟蹋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 浪撇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打爽 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打爽, 浪核 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打爽 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打爽 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打爽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打爽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 糟蹋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 糟蹋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 敗, 作蹋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍損, 仄挩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍損, 仄挩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍損 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拍損, 仄挩 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 損 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍損, 了 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 仄挩, 了 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 噠浪 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 噠浪 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 拍損 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 糟蹋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 糟, 殘嘈 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 糟蹋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 糟蹋 |

#### Derived terms

* 討債鬼／讨债鬼