拖欠

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
simp. and trad. (拖欠)		拖	欠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōqiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ him³
Min Nan (POJ): thoa-khiàm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tuōqiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuochiann
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ him³
  - Yale: tō him
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ him³
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹ him³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ hiːm³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-khiàm
  - Tâi-lô: thua-khiàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toa'qiaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiam²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ kʰiam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiam²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiam¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiam²¹/

Verb

拖欠

to be in arrears; to be behind paying

老闆拖欠我的工資。 [MSC, trad.]
老板拖欠我的工资。 [MSC, simp.]
Lǎobǎn tuōqiàn wǒ de gōngzī. [Pinyin]
My boss is behind on paying my wages.

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