HSK 5 · Work

贷款 dàikuǎn “a loan” in Chinese

Traditional 貸款

What 贷款 means

  1. a loan
  2. to provide a loan (e.g. bank)
  3. to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)

Measure word 笔 bǐ · 一笔贷款 yì bǐ dàikuǎn

How to say 贷款

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贷dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale款kuǎn3rd tone, dipping

贷款 in a sentence

  1. 他想还清贷款。

    Tā xiǎng huánqīng dàikuǎn.

    He wants to pay off his loan.

    Sentence #5670769 from Tatoeba

  2. 他从银行得到了贷款。

    Tā cóng yínháng dédào le dàikuǎn.

    He got a loan from the bank.

    Sentence #804608 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 现在的贷款利率很高。

    Xiànzài de dàikuǎn lìlǜ hěn gāo.

    Loan interest rates are high at the moment.

    Sentence #1865254 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贷款 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 贷 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
贷dàito lend on interest
  • 代era · dàiSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 代 (dài) hints at the sound. Compare it with dài.

The character 款 (kuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
款kuǎnsection
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 示sign · shì
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

How to write 贷款

贷 9 strokes · 款 12 strokes

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贷款 (dàikuǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 贷款 (dàikuǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 贷款

Words with 款

付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money罚款fákuǎn · to fine款式kuǎnshì · style款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)条款tiáokuǎn · clause

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辞职cízhí · to resign从事cóngshì · to engage in打工dǎgōng · to work a casual or part-time job待遇dàiyù · treatment单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)改革gǎigé · reform

FAQs

贷款 (dàikuǎn) means “a loan” or “to provide a loan (e.g. bank)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàikuǎn: dài with a 4th tone, then kuǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贷款 is written 貸款. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 笔 (bǐ). For example, one a loan is 一笔贷款 (yì bǐ dàikuǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daikuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贷款 from the suggestions. Typing daikuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贷款 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.