# 討賬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tǎozhàng
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): tǎozhān
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^2$ zoeng$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): tǎu-dio̿ng
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$thau $^5$tsan; $^5$thau-tsan / $^3$thau-cian$_5$ / $^3$thau-tsan$_5$
** (Jinhua): $^3$thau-ciaon$_5$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): tau$^3$ zhan$^4$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): teu$^{3*}$ jiong$^4$ / teu$^{3*}$ dong$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǎozhàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄓㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǎojhàng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^3$-chang$^4$
*** Yale: tǎu-jàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taojanq
*** Palladius: таочжан (taočžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: tǎozhān
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): tao$^3$ zhan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔ¹¹ ʈ͡ʂã⁴⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^2$ zoeng$^3$
*** Yale: tóu jeung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^2$ dzoeng$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^2$ zêng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tǎu-dio̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²¹ tiɔŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$thau $^5$tsan; $^5$thau-tsan
*** MiniDict: thau$^去$ tsan$^去$; thau$^去$ tsan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$thau $^2$tsan; $^2$thau-tsan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡sã³⁴/, /tʰɔ³³ t͡sã⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^3$thau-cian$_5$
*** MiniDict: thau$^上$ cian$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /tʰɔ³³ t͡ɕiã³⁵/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^3$thau-tsan$_5$
*** MiniDict: thau$^上$ tsan$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰæ⁵² t͡sã¹¹/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^3$thau-ciaon$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /tʰɑu⁵³ t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^3$ zhan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰɒu̯⁴¹ ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /tʰɒu̯⁴¹ t͡san⁴⁵/
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: teu$^{3*}$ jiong$^4$ / teu$^{3*}$ dong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɤ⁴²⁻¹ t͡ɕi̯ɔŋ³⁵/, /tʰɤ⁴²⁻¹ tɔŋ³⁵/

### Verb

討賬
* to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment
    From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Tāmen guō lǐ yǒu mǐ zhǔ, méiyǒu rén bànyè lǐ qiāomén lái tǎozhàng. [Pinyin]
    They have rice cooking in their pots and no creditors knocking on their doors at midnight.
* (regional) to claim money owed for a purchase

#### Synonyms

* (to demand payment of one's debt):
* 收債／收债 (shōuzhài)
* 收帳／收帐 (shōuzhàng)
* 索債／索债 (suǒzhài)
* 討債／讨债 (tǎozhài)
* 追債／追债 (zhuīzhài)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 要賬, 收賬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 要賬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要賬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 要賬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 要賬, 討賬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要賬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 要賬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 要賬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 要賬, 收賬, 討賬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 要賬, 催賬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要賬, 收賬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要賬, 討賬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 要賬, 收賬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 討賬, 收賬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 討賬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要賬, 收賬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 收數 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 收數 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 收數 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 收數, 追錢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 討賬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 取賬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 收數 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 收數 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 收數 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 收數 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 收數 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 收數 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 收數 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 討賬, 收賬 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 要賬, 攆賬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 討賬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 收數 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 收數 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 收數 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 收數 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 收數 GT |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 收數 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 收數, 討賬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 收賬, 討賬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 討賬, 收賬 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 要賬 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 討賬 |
| Wu | Danyang | 要賬, 收賬 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 討賬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 取賬, 討賬 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 討賬 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 討賬 |