# 清算
## Chinese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīngsuàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^1$ syun$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-soàn / chheng-sǹg / chheng-sùiⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cingsuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^1$-suan$^4$
*** Yale: chīng-swàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsuann
*** Palladius: цинсуань (cinsuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^1$ syun$^3$
*** Yale: chīng syun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^1$ syn$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^1$ xun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ syːn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-soàn
*** Tâi-lô: tshing-suàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsoaxn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² suan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ suan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suan¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-sǹg
*** Tâi-lô: tshing-sǹg
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsngx
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ sŋ̍⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-sùiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshing-suìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsvuix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² suĩ²¹/

### Verb

清算
* (accounting) to clear (accounts); to settle; to liquidate
* to expose and criticize; to reckon

#### Synonyms

* (to clear): 清理 (qīnglǐ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 清 | 算 |
| せい Grade: 4 | さん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 淸算 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [se̞ːsã̠ɴ]

### Noun

清(せい)算(さん) • (seisan)
* settlement of accounts

### Verb

清(せい)算(さん)する • (seisan suru) transitive suru (stem 清(せい)算(さん)し (seisan shi), past 清(せい)算(さん)した (seisan shita))
* wind up, liquidate, square, cash out

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 清算し | せいさんし | seisan shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 清算し | せいさんし | seisan shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 清算する | せいさんする | seisan suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 清算する | せいさんする | seisan suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 清算すれ | せいさんすれ | seisan sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 清算せよ¹ 清算しろ² | せいさんせよ¹ せいさんしろ² | seisan seyo¹ seisan shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 清算される | せいさんされる | seisan sareru |
| Causative | 清算させる 清算さす | せいさんさせる せいさんさす | seisan saseru seisan sasu |
| Potential | 清算できる | せいさんできる | seisan dekiru |
| Volitional | 清算しよう | せいさんしよう | seisan shiyō |
| Negative | 清算しない | せいさんしない | seisan shinai |
| Negative continuative | 清算せず | せいさんせず | seisan sezu |
| Formal | 清算します | せいさんします | seisan shimasu |
| Perfective | 清算した | せいさんした | seisan shita |
| Conjunctive | 清算して | せいさんして | seisan shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 清算すれば | せいさんすれば | seisan sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 清 | 算 |

### Verb

清算
* chữ Hán form of thanh toán (“to liquidate; to settle; to check out”).