HSK 5 · Money

破产 pòchǎn “to go bankrupt” in Chinese

Traditional 破產

What 破产 means

  1. to go bankrupt
  2. to become impoverished
  3. bankruptcy

How to say 破产

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale破pò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale产chǎn3rd tone, dipping

破产 in a sentence

  1. 公司破产了。

    Gōngsī pòchǎn le.

    The company went bankrupt.

    Sentence #1366056 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们快破产了。

    Wǒmen kuài pòchǎn le.

    We’re about to go bankrupt.

    Sentence #5924727 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他被宣告破产。

    Tā bèi xuāngào pòchǎn.

    He was declared bankrupt.

    Sentence #9959081 from Tatoeba

How 破产 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 破 (pò) with each of its parts in a different colour
破pòbroken
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 皮skin · píSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with pò.

The character 产 (chǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
产chǎnto give birth
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 厂cliff · hǎnSound part

How to write 破产

破 10 strokes · 产 6 strokes

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

Words related to 破产

Words with 破

破pò · broken破坏pòhuài · to destroy破例pòlì · to make an exception突破tūpò · to break through

Words with 产

产生chǎnshēng · to produce生产shēngchǎn · to produce财产cáichǎn · property产品chǎnpǐn · product产业chǎnyè · industry盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in资产zīchǎn · assets矿产kuàngchǎn · mineral resources遗产yíchǎn · heritage

More words: Money & Economy

利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)贸易màoyì · (commercial) trade名牌míngpái · famous brand赔偿péicháng · to compensate欠qiàn · to owe人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business

FAQs

破产 (pòchǎn) means “to go bankrupt” or “to become impoverished”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pòchǎn: pò with a 4th tone, then chǎn 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, 破产 is written 破產. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pochan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 破产 from the suggestions. Typing pochan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
破产 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.